Heidemarie Stefanyshyn

About

Retired astronaut and experienced salvage officer who has flown on two Space Shuttle missions.

Before Fame

She earned her Master's of Science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Trivia

On her first Space Shuttle mission, she became the 8th woman to conduct a spacewalk.

Family Life

She married Glenn A. Piper and they had one son.

Associated With

She is a female astronaut like Mae Jemison.