18 Facts About Sandra Magnus

Sandra Hall Magnus was born on October 30,1964 and is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.

Sandra Magnus returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28,2009, after having spent 134 days in orbit.

Sandra Magnus was assigned to the crew of STS-135, the final mission of the Space Shuttle.

Sandra Magnus is a licensed amateur radio operator with the call sign KE5FYE.

From 2012 until 2018 Magnus was the executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Sandra Magnus worked on the propulsion system for the A-12 Avenger II until the project was canceled by the Navy in 1991.

Sandra Magnus's work included coordinating with the European Space Agency and the Development Agency of Japan and Brazil.

Sandra Magnus flew her first space mission, STS-112, in October 2002 as a mission specialist.

Sandra Magnus operated the space station's robotic arm during the three spacewalks required to install and activate the S1 truss.

Sandra Magnus passed this examination in the forest near Moscow.

Sandra Magnus served as flight engineer on board the International Space Station as part of Expedition 18.

Sandra Magnus was a mission specialist on STS-126 for the trip to the station, which launched on November 14,2008.

Sandra Magnus served as mission specialist on STS-119 when it returned on March 28,2009.

Sandra Magnus logged 133 days in orbit and received warm greetings from NASA on her return.

On September 14,2010, NASA announced Sandra Magnus to be one of four astronauts assigned to the STS-135 "launch on need" crew that was, if needed, to fly a rescue mission for STS-134, which was originally the last scheduled shuttle flight.

In September 2012, Sandra Magnus became deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.

In October 2012, Sandra Magnus left NASA Astronaut corps to become the executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

From 2018 to 2019, Sandra Magnus was a principal at AstroPlanetView.