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[[File:Valentina Tereshkova and Catherine Coleman.jpg|right|thumb| Catherine Coleman and [[Valentina Tereshkova]] at the [[Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center]] in December 2010.]]
[[File:Valentina Tereshkova and Catherine Coleman.jpg|right|thumb| Catherine Coleman and [[Valentina Tereshkova]] at the [[Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center]] in December 2010.]]


Coleman served as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office, to include [[Mobile Servicing System|robotic arm]] operations and training for all Space Shuttle and [[International Space Station]] missions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition26/coleman_interview.html|title=NASA - Preflight Interview: Catherine Coleman|work=nasa.gov}}</ref> In October 2004, Coleman served as an [[aquanaut]] during the [[NEEMO#NEEMO 7: October 11–21, 2004|NEEMO 7]] mission aboard the [[Aquarius (laboratory)|Aquarius]] [[Underwater habitat|underwater laboratory]], living and working underwater for eleven days.<ref name="seven">{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/training/neemo/neemo7/|title=NEEMO 7|accessdate=September 23, 2011|publisher=NASA|date=October 13, 2004|author=NASA|authorlink=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref><ref name="seven2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/neemo7/backgrounder_0809.asp|title=CSA – Neemo 7 Mission|accessdate=September 23, 2011|publisher=Canadian Space Agency|date=August 9, 2004|author=Canadian Space Agency|authorlink=Canadian Space Agency}}</ref>
Coleman served as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office, to include [[Mobile Servicing System|robotic arm]] operations and training for all Space Shuttle and [[International Space Station]] missions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition26/coleman_interview.html|title=NASA - Preflight Interview: Catherine Coleman|work=nasa.gov}}</ref> In October 2004, Coleman served as an [[aquanaut]] during the [[NEEMO#NEEMO 7: October 11–21, 2004|NEEMO 7]] mission aboard the [[Aquarius (laboratory)|Aquarius]] [[Underwater habitat|underwater laboratory]], living and working underwater for eleven days.<ref name="seven">{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/training/neemo/neemo7/|title=NEEMO 7|accessdate=September 23, 2011|publisher=NASA|date=October 13, 2004|author=NASA|authorlink=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref><ref name="seven2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/neemo7/backgrounder_0809.asp|title=CSA – Neemo 7 Mission|accessdate=September 23, 2011|publisher=Canadian Space Agency|date=August 9, 2004|author=Canadian Space Agency|authorlink=Canadian Space Agency|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309030159/http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/neemo7/backgrounder_0809.asp|archivedate=March 9, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Coleman was assigned as a backup U.S. crew member for Expeditions [[Expedition 19|19]], [[Expedition 20|20]] and [[Expedition 21|21]] and served as a backup crew member for Expeditions [[Expedition 24|24]] and [[Expedition 25|25]] as part of her training for [[Expedition 26]].
Coleman was assigned as a backup U.S. crew member for Expeditions [[Expedition 19|19]], [[Expedition 20|20]] and [[Expedition 21|21]] and served as a backup crew member for Expeditions [[Expedition 24|24]] and [[Expedition 25|25]] as part of her training for [[Expedition 26]].

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Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman
1992 NASA Group 14
MissionsSTS-73, STS-93, Soyuz TMA-20 (Expedition 26/27)
Mission insignia
 File:Soyuz-TMA-20-Mission-Patch.png

Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut.[1] She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.

Education

Coleman graduated from

Baker House.[5]

Military career

After completing her regular education, Coleman joined the U.S. Air Force as a Second Lieutenant while continuing her graduate work for a PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 1988 she entered active duty at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a research chemist. During her work she participated as a surface analysis consultant on the NASA Long Duration Exposure Facility experiment. In 1991, she received her doctorate in polymer science and engineering.[1] She retired from the Air Force in November 2009.[1]

NASA career

Catherine Coleman in the ISS, 2011.

Coleman was selected by NASA in 1992 to join the

unidentified flying object. She also trained for the mission STS-83 to be the backup for Donald A. Thomas; however, as he recovered on time, she did not fly that mission. STS-93 was Coleman's second space flight in 1999. She was mission specialist in charge of deploying the Chandra X-ray Observatory and its Inertial Upper Stage out of the shuttle's cargo bay.[6]

Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
in December 2010.

Coleman served as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office, to include

Aquarius underwater laboratory, living and working underwater for eleven days.[8][9]

Coleman was assigned as a backup U.S. crew member for Expeditions 19, 20 and 21 and served as a backup crew member for Expeditions 24 and 25 as part of her training for Expedition 26.

Coleman launched on December 15, 2010 (December 16 Baikonur time), aboard Soyuz TMA-20 to join the Expedition 26 mission aboard the International Space Station.[10] She retired from NASA on December 1, 2016.

Spaceflight experience

fluids, and numerous scientific experiments housed in the pressurized Spacelab module. In completing her first space flight, Coleman orbited the Earth
256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes and 21 seconds in space.

Cady Coleman plays a flute inside the International Space Station.

quasars, and black holes
. Mission duration was 118 hours and 50 minutes.

Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26/27 (December 15, 2010, to May 23, 2011) was an extended duration mission to the International Space Station.[11]

Personal

Coleman is married to

National Public Radio.[13] On April 12, 2011, she played live through video link for the audience of Jethro Tull's show in Russia in honour of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight. She played the duet from orbit while Anderson played on the ground in Russia.[14][15] On May 13 of that year, Coleman delivered a taped commencement address to the class of 2011 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[16]

As do many other astronauts, Coleman holds an amateur radio license (callsign: KC5ZTH).

As of 2015, she is also a member of the board of directors for the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum.

As of 2015 she is also known to be working as a guest speaker in Baylor College of Medicine as a speaker for the kids program 'Saturday Morning Science'.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catherine Coleman.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Astronaut Bio: Catherine Coleman (01/2012)". nasa.gov.
  2. ^ "Preflight Interview: Catherine Coleman". NASA. October 28, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "UMass Amherst Alumna Cady Coleman Returning to Space as Part of Shuttle Crew". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "UMass grad Catherine "Cady" Coleman ready for blastoff". masslive.com. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "4,300 students heard alumna Cady Coleman offer congratulations from 200 miles above Earth in the International Space Station."
  6. ^ "Astronaut Bio: Catherine Coleman (01/2012)". nasa.gov.
  7. ^ "NASA - Preflight Interview: Catherine Coleman". nasa.gov.
  8. NASA (October 13, 2004). "NEEMO 7"
    . NASA. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  9. ^ Canadian Space Agency (August 9, 2004). "CSA – Neemo 7 Mission". Canadian Space Agency. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ NASA Television Will Air Next Soyuz Landing And Launch – Media Advisory : M10-164A – November 18, 2010.
  11. ^ ISS Astronaut Cady Coleman on "The Talk"
  12. ^ "Josh Simpson – Contemporary Glass".
  13. ^ "Flutes in Space: Astronaut Plays Aboard Space Station". NPR. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  14. ^ "Space flutes salute Yuri Gagarin".
  15. ^ "Ian Anderson + Cady Coleman flute duet in space".
  16. ^ "NASA astronaut Catherine 'Cady' Coleman has message from space for 2011 UMass graduates: Work as a team to solve nation's problems". masslive.com.

External links

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