Dr Margaret Rhea Seddon Shuttle Astronaut - 29. April 2017
Margaret Rhea Seddon (born November 8, 1947) is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. She received a bachelor of arts degree in physiology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970, and a doctorate of medicine from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1973. She received a bachelor of arts degree in physiology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1970, and a doctorate of medicine from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1973.
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Dr. Seddon became an astronaut in August 1979.
Missions STS-51-D, STS-40, STS-58
Sent her 2 photos on 11 Mar and got them back signed on 29 Apr.
Dr Rhea Seddon
1709 Shagbark Trail
Murfreesboro, TN 37130 |
