Posted on 12/01/2023 9:12:07 AM PST by Red Badger
"I’m sad we’ve lost trail blazer, Dr. Mary Cleave, shuttle astronaut, veteran of two spaceflights," said NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana in a statement.
NASA astronaut Mary Cleave as pictured on April 8, 1985. Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on November 29. (NASA)
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Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday.
NASA did not give a cause of death.
“I’m sad we’ve lost trail blazer Dr. Mary Cleave, shuttle astronaut, veteran of two spaceflights, and first woman to lead the Science Mission Directorate as associate administrator,” said NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana in a statement. “Mary was a force of nature with a passion for science, exploration, and caring for our home planet. She will be missed.”
Cleave — who died Monday, according to the statement — was a native of Great Neck, New York. She studied biological sciences at Colorado State University before going on to earn her master’s in microbial ecology and a doctorate in civil and environmental engineering from Utah State University.
Remember there is a tool bag near the SPACE STATION in orbit because an all woman crew let it float away. Not having something tethered while on a space walk is beyond incompetent.
They should dock their pay forever to go get the tools out of orbit as it is now space junk just waiting to destroy something valuable in the future.
Nice! Absolutely right.
Victor Davis Hanson frequently speaks about this tribal fetish and how it is utterly destroying America. We are no longer ONE country of Americans sharing American ideals. We are splintered into innumerable, small, warring tribes and will go the way of many other nations that have followed that path. Thank you Democrats, progressives, liberals, and communists.
I knew somebody catch my pun.
~ rnpilot
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