Pamela Ann Melroy was born on September 17,1961 and is an American retired United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut serving as the deputy administrator of NASA.
17 Facts About Pamela Melroy
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Pamela Melroy served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions STS-92 and STS-112 and commanded mission STS-120 before leaving the agency in August 2009.
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In November 2021, Pamela Melroy was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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Pamela Melroy was born in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Bishop Kearney High School in Rochester in 1979.
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Pamela Melroy received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Astronomy from Wellesley College in 1983.
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Pamela Melroy then earned her Master of Science in Earth and Planetary Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984.
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On May 18,2008, Pamela Melroy received an honorary degree from Iona College in New Rochelle, New York.
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Pamela Melroy was commissioned through Air Force ROTC, Detachment 365, in 1984.
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Pamela Melroy flew the KC-10 for six years at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana, as a copilot, aircraft commander and instructor pilot.
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Pamela Melroy has logged over 5,000 hours of flight time in over 50 different aircraft.
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Pamela Melroy completed a year of training and evaluation and was qualified for flight assignment as a shuttle pilot.
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Pamela Melroy served on the Columbia Reconstruction Team as the lead for the crew module and served as deputy project manager for the Columbia crew survival investigation team.
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Pamela Melroy served as pilot on two flights, and was the mission commander on STS-120 in 2007, making her the second woman to command a Space Shuttle mission.
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Pamela Melroy has logged over 924 hours in space.
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In November 2020, Pamela Melroy was announced as a member of President-elect Joe Biden's presidential transition Agency Review Team, where her role was to support transition efforts related to NASA.
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The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on May 20,2021, in which Pamela Melroy won strong bipartisan support to be deputy administrator.
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Pamela Melroy is married to Douglas Hollett, a geologist, who was previously acting assistant secretary for fossil energy in the United States Department of Energy and vice president for Southeast Asia exploration at Marathon Oil.