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Kathryn D. Sullivan

キャサリン・D・サリバン　/　きゃさりん・D・さりばん

American astronaut

October 3, 1951 (age 74)　・　Paterson, New Jersey, United States

New Jersey
astronaut
geologist
scientist

My Take

Sullivan is one of those figures who quietly reframes what a single human life can contain. The first American woman to walk in space, a working geologist who flew three Shuttle missions, and later someone who descended to the deepest point of the ocean. I find that vertical range almost dizzying. What draws me to her is not just the firsts, but the seriousness of the science underneath them. She was a scholar before she was an icon. The Paterson kid who ended up studying Earth from orbit and the seabed embodies curiosity at its most disciplined, and I deeply admire that kind of quiet, sustained ambition.

Overview

Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. A graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States, and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada—where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in geology in 1978—Sullivan was selected as one of the six wom…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Kathryn D. Sullivan
Name (Japanese): キャサリン・D・サリバン
Reading: きゃさりん・D・さりばん
Born: October 3, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Rabbit
Origin: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronaut / geologist / scientist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: William Howard Taft Charter High School
University: University of California, Santa Cruz

Awards & achievements

2002 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
Women in Aviation International
2016 Rachel Carson Award
2004 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
2004 Women in Space Science Award
Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
2020 BBC 100 Women
1985 International Space Hall of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BBD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3

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