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Tamara E. Jernigan

タマラ・E・ジャーニガン　/　たまら・E・じゃーにがん

American astronaut

May 7, 1959 (age 67)　・　Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee
astronaut
engineer

My Take

Jernigan is exactly the kind of figure I love to highlight. A Stanford-trained astrophysicist who flew five Space Shuttle missions, three aboard Columbia plus flights on Endeavour and Discovery, logging over 1,512 hours in space and earning a 1997 NASA Distinguished Service Medal. What moves me is the through-line: she studied the cosmos as a scientist, then literally went there. Achieving all that in an era when women in spaceflight were still a rarity took extraordinary nerve and brilliance. To me she embodies the purest version of ambition, a person who looked up, said she would go, and did. That deserves applause.

Overview

Tamara Elizabeth Jernigan (born May 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions (three on Columbia and one each on Endeavour and Discovery), logging over 1512 hours in space.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tamara E. Jernigan
Name (Japanese): タマラ・E・ジャーニガン
Reading: たまら・E・じゃーにがん
Born: May 7, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Boar
Origin: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: astronaut / engineer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Santa Fe High School
University: Stanford University

Awards & achievements

1997 NASA Distinguished Service Medal

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%BF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BBE%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3

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