Janet Kavandi's is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office, and was the Center Director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019.
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Janet Kavandi's was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Janet Kavandi's served as the lead engineer of secondary power for the Short Range Attack Missile II, and principal technical staff representative involved in the design and development of thermal batteries for Sea Lance and the Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile.
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Janet Kavandi subsequently worked in the Robotics Branch, where she trained on both the shuttle and space station robotic manipulator systems.
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Janet Kavandi had trained in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for spacewalking, but she did not take a spacewalk during STS-104.
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Janet Kavandi's was responsible for the training, operations, safety, and habitability of crews on board the ISS, as well as the hardware and software development and design reviews.
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Janet Kavandi's was responsible for the scientific payloads that the ISS crews operate on-orbit and for coordination between international partners for visiting vehicles and associated operations.
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In 2005, Janet Kavandi accepted a position as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office and served in that position until February 2008.
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Three flight veteran, Janet Kavandi has logged over 33 days in space, traveling over 13.
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