National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Margaret Rhea Seddon

United States of America

Margaret Rhea Seddon
Retired

Biography

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Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.

Type

Government

Age

78

Date of Birth

November 8, 1947

First Flight

April 12, 1985

Last Flight

October 18, 1993

Career Stats

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3

Flights

3

Landings

0

Spacewalks

P30DT2H21M22S

Time in Space

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