Megan McArthur

What grabs me about Megan McArthur is the sheer range of her curiosity. Before reaching for orbit she studied the ocean floor, which means she has explored both the deepest and the farthest frontiers we have. Flying on both the Space Shuttle STS-125 and a SpaceX Crew Dragon places her at the hinge between two eras of American spaceflight, and that adaptability is rare. She strikes me as the kind of quietly formidable scientist who lets the work speak louder than the headlines. I find that combination of deep intellect and genuine adventurousness genuinely inspiring.

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Name (English)

Megan McArthur

Name (Japanese)

K・メーガン・マッカーサー

Reading

K・めーがん・まっかーさー

Born

August 30, 1971 (age 55)

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

astronaut / oceanographer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

High school

Saint Francis High School

University

University of California, Los Angeles

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/astro.megan/
• Xhttps://x.com/Astro_Megan
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Megan%20McArthur
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240701

Tags

• astronaut
• oceanographer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.