Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper was born on February 7,1963 and is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut.
16 Facts About Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper has flown on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-115 and STS-126, during which she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was born in St Paul, Minnesota, United States, of Ukrainian-American heritage.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper's father, Michael Stefanyshyn, now deceased, was born in Polish-governed Halychyna, and sent to work in Germany during World War II.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper graduated in 1980 from what was then the all-girls Derham Hall High School in St Paul, and holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper is a licensed ham radio operator with Technician License KD5TVR.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper received her commission from the Naval ROTC Program at MIT in June 1985.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper completed training at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Florida as a Navy Basic Diving Officer and Salvage Officer.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper flew her first mission on STS-115, aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, as a mission specialist and became only the 8th woman to perform a spacewalk.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper became the first Minnesota woman to go into space.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was commander of the 12th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, a NASA program for studying human survival in the Aquarius underwater laboratory in preparation for future space exploration.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper flew as a mission specialist on STS-126, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, during which she participated in and was Lead Spacewalker on three of four spacewalks.
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In July 2009, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper retired from NASA's Astronaut Corps to return to her Navy duties.
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On May 20,2011 Captain Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper became commander of the Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Maryland.
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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper retired from the US Navy after 30 years of active duty service on July 1,2015.