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Birthdate: | 26.12.1950 |
Birthplace: | Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
Marital status: | married |
Children: | two |
Selection date: | ??.06.2009 |
Selection group: | Space Tourist 8 |
Position: | Spaceflight Participant (UKP) |
Status: | Ret. 11.10.2009 |
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1 | Soyuz TMA-16 | Spaceflight Participant |
Bachelor of Science, 1975, master of arts and
Doctor of Law from the Arizona State University; honorary doctorates from ASU,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Thunderbird and the University of South
Carolina; until January 2009 U.S. Ambassador to Finland; Hobbies: Experienced
professional-level pilot. She was on a cycling tour through Finland (covered
nearly 1000 km by bicycle). In August 2007 she climbed the mountain Kilimanjaro
(Tanzania); backup for
Soyuz
TMA-16; on May 21, 2019, President Trump announced he would nominate
Barrett as Secretary of the Air Force. |
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