Ellen S. Baker
Ellen Baker | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 28d 14h 31m |
Selection | NASA Group 10 (1984) |
Missions | STS-34 STS-50 STS-71 |
Mission insignia |
Ellen Louise Shulman Baker (born April 27, 1953[1]) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Baker is a veteran of three shuttle flights and logged more than 686 hours in space.[2] Baker served as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office[3] until her retirement in 2011 after more than 30 years of service to NASA.[4]
Family
The daughter of physician Mel and politician Claire Shulman, she was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but raised in New York City.[5] She is married to Kenneth J. Baker. They have two daughters.
Education
Baker graduated from:
- Cornell University, doctorate in medicine in 1978[7]
- Master's Degree in Public Health in 1994[7]
Medical career
After completing medical school, Baker trained in
NASA career
In 1981, following her parents, Baker joined NASA as a medical officer at the
Spaceflight experience
STS-34 Atlantis (October 18–23, 1989) launched from the
STS-50 Columbia (June 25, 1992 – July 9, 1992) launched and landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-50 was the first flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory and the first Extended Duration Orbiter flight. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted scientific experiments involving crystal growth, fluid physics, fluid dynamics, biological science, and combustion science. Mission objectives were accomplished in 221 orbits of the Earth, traveling 5.7 million miles in 331 hours 30 seconds and 4 minutes in space.[10]
STS-71 Atlantis (June 27 – July 7, 1995) launched from the Kennedy Space Center with a seven-member crew and returned there with an eight-member crew. STS-71 was the first Space Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, and involved an exchange of crews. The Atlantis Space Shuttle was modified to carry a docking system compatible with the Russian Mir Space Station. It also carried a Spacelab module in the payload bay in which the crew performed various life sciences experiments and data collections. Mission accomplished in 153 orbits of the Earth, traveling 4.1 million miles in 235 hours and 23 minutes.[11]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the
- ISBN 978-1-896522-87-6; pp. 70-71
- ^ Ron Marzlock (May 26, 2022). "NASA's Ellen Shulman Baker took off from Bayside". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ "Veteran Astronaut Ellen Baker Retires". NASA. January 20, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ Zunitch, Victoria (October 17, 2019). "The atmosphere is no glass ceiling". Queens Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "COPING; From the Subway to the Stars", The New York Times, February 9, 2003; accessed February 14, 2008. "There are exceptions, like the daughter of former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman, Ellen Baker, a physician-astronaut who was on the Bayside High School swim team and rode the shuttle Columbia in 1992."
- ^ a b c d "Ellen Baker's NASA biography" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2023. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "NASA – STS-34". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "NASA – STS-50". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on September 8, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "NASA – STS-71". www.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
External links
- Ellen Baker's NASA biography Archived February 15, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- Spacefacts biography of Ellen S. Baker