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My Take
Marsha Ivins is the kind of person I find genuinely awe-inspiring. A Colorado-trained engineer from Baltimore who flew five Space Shuttle missions, with a row of NASA medals to mark the work, she reached space the hard way, through technical mastery rather than spectacle. Born in 1951, she pushed into spaceflight when the path for women was steeper than most can imagine. What I admire most is that her heroism is unflashy: she is the engineer who understands every bolt and then rides the machine into orbit. That blend of competence and courage is exactly the sort of real expertise I quietly idolize.
Overview
Marsha Sue Ivins (born April 15, 1951) is an American retired astronaut and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marsha Ivins
- Name (Japanese)
- マーシャ・アイビンス
- Reading
- まーしゃ・あいびんす
- Born
- April 15, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rabbit
- Origin
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- astronaut / engineer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Nether Providence High School
- University
- University of Colorado
Awards & achievements
- 1988 NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- 1990 NASA Space Flight Medal
- 1992 NASA Space Flight Medal
- 1993 NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- 1994 NASA Space Flight Medal
- 1995 NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- 1997 NASA Space Flight Medal
- 2006 NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.