Q:Facts: - mission: sts-61-b , sts-30 - type: nasa astronaut - insignia: 30px30px - status: retired - selection: 1980 nasa group - birth date: 05 february 1947 - name: mary louise cleave - time: 10d 22h 02m - nationality: american - image: mary cleave.jpg - birth place: southampton , new york - alma mater: colorado state university utah state university - occupation: environmental engineer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mary l. cleave .
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mary louise cleave -lrb- born 5 february 1947 -rrb- is an american engineer and a former nasa astronaut .she also served from 2004 to 2007 as nasa associate administrator for the science mission directorate .