{"id":329671,"date":"2023-06-02T17:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T21:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=329671"},"modified":"2023-07-27T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:19:47","slug":"former-astronaut-kathryn-d-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/former-astronaut-kathryn-d-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block flex-align-center padding-y-8 padding-bottom-4 desktop:padding-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-lg\">Kathryn D. Sullivan<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0\">Dr. Kathryn Sullivan joined NASA as part of the barrier-breaking astronaut class of 1978.  As one of the first six women chosen for the “Thirty-Five New Guys,” Sullivan became the first American woman to perform a spacewalk high above Earth.  She continued to break boundaries after NASA as the first woman to dive to lowest point on Earth, to Challenger Deep inside the Mariana Trench.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 padding-left-0 desktop:padding-left-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-intro-quick-facts border-top-1px border-color-carbon-30-important padding-top-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"label margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 color-carbon-50-important\">Quick Facts<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper hds-carousel-wrapper-relative\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, a veteran of three space shuttle flights, made history on STS-41G as the first American woman to walk in space.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, a veteran of three space shuttle flights, made history on STS-41G as the first American woman to walk in space.\" style=\"transform: scale(2); transform-origin: 24% 26%; object-position: 24% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=768,1170 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=672,1024 672w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=1008,1536 1008w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=263,400 263w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=394,600 394w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=591,900 591w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/192316main_GPN-2006-000014.jpg?resize=788,1200 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">The primary goal of the STS-31 mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. The crew captured the historic moments of the flight with IMAX in-cabin and cargo bay cameras.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The primary goal of the STS-31 mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. The crew captured the historic moments of the flight with IMAX in-cabin and cargo bay cameras.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 45% 27%; object-position: 45% 27%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=192,300 192w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=768,1202 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=654,1024 654w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=981,1536 981w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=1308,2048 1308w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=256,400 256w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=383,600 383w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=575,900 575w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=767,1200 767w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kathrynsullivan.jpg?resize=1278,2000 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slide\" data-slide-id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-10 padding-right-2 desktop:padding-right-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md padding-0 margin-0\">Dr. Sullivan served as payload commander for STS-45, the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA’s Mission to Planet Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-2 display-flex flex-justify-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quick-facts-slider-image radius-pill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1271\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1271&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Dr. Sullivan served as payload commander for STS-45, the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth.\" style=\"transform: scale(1.8); transform-origin: 44% 21%; object-position: 44% 21%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1271&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=300&h=199&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=768&h=508&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=1024&h=678&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1017&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=400&h=265&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=600&h=397&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=900&h=596&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S90-30521\/S90-30521~large.jpg?w=1200&h=794&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>   \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan on Mission STS-41G\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 9% 0%; object-position: 9% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=768,508 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=1024,678 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=400,265 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=600,397 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/668760main_ride_15_full.jpg?resize=900,596 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and Sally K. Ride display a “bag of worms” during the STS-41G mission in 1984. The bag is a sleep restraint and the majority of the ‘worms’ are mostly springs and clips used with the sleep restraint. Clamps, a bungee cord and Velcro strips are other recognizable items in the bag. STS-41G was the first flight to include two women. (Oct. 1984)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1473\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1473&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 48% 48%; object-position: 48% 48%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1473&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=300&h=230&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=768&h=589&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=1024&h=786&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1178&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=400&h=307&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=600&h=460&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=900&h=690&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/s79-29596\/s79-29596~large.jpg?w=1200&h=921&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Contrasting the old with the new, six astronaut candidates pose in their new constant wear garments, ideal for the zero-gravity tasks in the pressurized environs of Space Shuttle. The “old” is an Apollo type spacesuit used for extravehicular activity (EVA). From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher and Sally K. Ride. (28 Feb 1979)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1256\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1256&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 44% 26%; object-position: 44% 26%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1256&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=300&h=196&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=768&h=502&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=1024&h=670&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1005&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=400&h=262&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=600&h=393&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=900&h=589&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/S31-12-031\/S31-12-031~large.jpg?w=1200&h=785&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">On Discovery’s middeck, the STS-31 crew poses for a traditional in-flight portrait. Astronaut Loren J. Shriver, mission commander, is at lower left. Astronaut Charles F. Bolden, pilot, floats above. Others, left to right, are Kathryn D. Sullivan, Bruce McCandless II and Steven A. Hawley, all mission specialists.\u00a0 (April 1990)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan in spacesuit in open payload bay of shuttle Challenger \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 46% 28%; object-position: 46% 28%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=768,500 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=1024,667 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=400,261 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=600,391 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/41g-13-032.jpg?resize=900,586 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan checks the latch of the SIR-B antenna in the space shuttle Challenger’s open cargo bay during her historic extravehicular activity (EVA) on Oct. 11, 1984. Earlier, America’s first woman to perform an EVA and astronaut David C. Leestma, participated in an in-space simulation of refueling a spacecraft in orbit.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-story width-full maxw-full bg-carbon-05 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-story\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-y-9 padding-x-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-5 margin-bottom-6 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"subtitle-md\">Biography<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"display-48\">Kathryn D. Sullivan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"heading-18 line-height-md\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-md\">Dr. Kathryn Sullivan is a licensed pilot and enjoys an active and athletic lifestyle.  Graduating with a BS in Earth sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she went on to earn her doctorate in geology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  During a holiday gathering in 1978, Sullivan’s brother pestered her to apply for the new 1978 astronaut class because for the first time, NASA was accepting women and minority candidates.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sullivan_kathryn.pdf?emrc=3c3228\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">\n                        Learn More <span class=\"usa-sr-only\">about Kathryn D. Sullivan<\/span>                    <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-left-5\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"width-full display-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=1260&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, 41-G mission specialist sitting with her STS-41G crewmembers\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 57% 18%; object-position: 57% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=1260&h=1920&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1260w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=197&h=300&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 197w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=768&h=1170&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=672&h=1024&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 672w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=1008&h=1536&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1008w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=263&h=401&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 263w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=394&h=600&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 394w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=591&h=901&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 591w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/41D-3188\/41D-3188~large.jpg?w=788&h=1201&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, 41-G mission specialist, joins with other members of the seven-person crew prior to a training session in the Shuttle mockup and integration laboratory at the Johnson Space Center.\u00a0 (2 September 1984)<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-card-carousel padding-x-4 padding-y-5 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-carousel\">\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-header grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-3\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Missions Flown by Kathryn D. Sullivan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"hds-card-carousel-cards grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included position-relative  hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom hds-card-type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-carousel-slider\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1622\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1622&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 100%; object-position: 54% 100%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1622&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=300&h=253&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=768&h=649&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=1024&h=865&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1298&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=400&h=338&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=600&h=507&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=900&h=760&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/8447227\/8447227~large.jpg?w=1200&h=1014&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">STS-41G<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The STS-41G mission crew included two of the first six female American astronauts – Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan.  The flight was the second mission for Ride and the first for Sullivan, where she also became the first American woman to walk in space.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-41g\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1454\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1454&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"STS-31 official crew portrait with crew patch in front\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 60% 84%; object-position: 60% 84%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1454&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=300&h=227&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=768&h=582&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=1024&h=775&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1163&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=400&h=303&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=600&h=454&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=900&h=682&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/9007000\/9007000~large.jpg?w=1200&h=909&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">STS-31<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The primary goal of the STS-31 mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope. After overcoming an initial problem with the solar array deployment, the crew filmed the historic deployment with two IMAX cameras, and the results appeared in the 1994 IMAX film, Destiny in Space.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-31\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 \"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"STS-45 traditional in-flight portrait on shuttle\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?resize=300,196 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?resize=768,503 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?resize=400,262 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?resize=600,393 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/bhm_bolden_sts-45_infight_crew_photo_s45-38-004.jpg?resize=900,589 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">STS-45<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">STS-45 carried aboard the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science on Spacelab pallets mounted in Atlantis' cargo bay.  The payload was equipped with 12 instruments for studies in atmospheric chemistry, solar radiation, space plasma physics, and ultraviolet astronomy<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-45\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-gallery-preview padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-7 padding-x-3 bg-spacesuit-white width-full maxw-full hds-gallery-preview-count-20 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-gallery-preview\">\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-row width-full\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-22\">Former Astronaut Kathryn D. 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Stafford and Walter M. Schirra Jr.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=768,599 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=1024,799 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=1536,1198 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=2048,1597 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=400,312 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=600,468 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=900,702 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=1200,936 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s65-56151orig.jpg?resize=2000,1560 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-administrator-pays-tribute-to-space-pioneer-thomas-stafford\/\" class=\"tablet:grid-col latest-news-item news-item tablet:margin-right-0 desktop:margin-right-0 margin-bottom-2 mobile:margin-bottom-0 tablet:margin-bottom-0 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\"><div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-column flex-align-start flex-justify-start z-200\"><div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label color-spacesuit-white margin-bottom-auto\"><svg class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g> <path d=\"M8,0c4.4,0,7.9,3.5,8,7.9c0.1,4.5-3.5,8.1-7.9,8.1c-4.5,0-8-3.6-8.1-7.9C-0.1,3.6,3.6,0,8,0z M0.8,8 c0,4,3.2,7.2,7.2,7.2c4,0,7.2-3.2,7.2-7.2c0-4-3.3-7.2-7.2-7.2C4,0.8,0.8,4,0.8,8z\"\/><path d=\"M11.2,4c0,2.7,0,5.3,0,8c-2.1,0-4.3,0-6.4,0c0,0,0,0,0-0.1c0-1.8,0-3.6,0-5.4c0-0.8,0-1.6,0-2.4 C4.8,4,4.8,4,4.9,4C6.2,4,7.6,4,9,4C9.7,4,10.4,4,11.2,4C11.1,4,11.2,4,11.2,4z M9.6,5.6c-1.1,0-2.1,0-3.2,0c0,0,0,0,0,0.1 c0,0.5,0,1,0,1.5c0,0.1,0,0.1,0.1,0.1c1,0,2,0,3.1,0c0,0,0.1,0,0.1-0.1C9.6,6.6,9.6,6.2,9.6,5.6C9.6,5.6,9.6,5.6,9.6,5.6z M6.4,8.8C6.4,8.8,6.4,8.8,6.4,8.8c1.1,0,2.1,0,3.1,0c0.1,0,0.1,0,0.1-0.1c0-0.2,0-0.4,0-0.7c0,0,0,0,0-0.1C8.5,8,7.5,8,6.4,8 C6.4,8.3,6.4,8.5,6.4,8.8z M8.8,10.4C8.8,10.4,8.8,10.4,8.8,10.4c0-0.3,0-0.5,0-0.7c0-0.1,0-0.1-0.1-0.1c-0.5,0-1,0-1.5,0 c-0.3,0-0.5,0-0.8,0c0,0,0,0-0.1,0c0,0.3,0,0.5,0,0.8C7.2,10.4,8,10.4,8.8,10.4z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><span>News Release<\/span><\/div><div class=\"display-block\"><div class=\"label margin-bottom-1\">3 Min Read<\/div><p class=\"heading-22 color-spacesuit-white margin-0\"><span>NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to Space Pioneer Thomas Stafford\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/thomas-p.-stafford-portrait.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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