Veteran Astronaut Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper Leaves NASA
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HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Heidemarie M.
Stefanyshyn-Piper has left NASA to return to the Navy.
Stefanyshyn-Piper is a veteran of two space shuttle flights and five
spacewalks.
"Heide has been an outstanding astronaut, contributing significantly
to the space shuttle and space station programs," said Steve Lindsey,
chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston. "In particular, her superb leadership as lead spacewalker
during the STS-126 mission resulted in restoring full power
generation capability to the International Space Station. We wish her
the best of luck back in the Navy -- she will be missed."
NASA selected Stefanyshyn-Piper as an astronaut in April 1996. She
flew on the STS-115 mission in 2006 and STS-126 in 2008, logging more
than 27 days in space and more than 33 hours spacewalking. Her
flights to the space station helped install a truss segment and
expanded the living quarters for additional crew members to live at
the station.
For Stefanyshyn-Piper's complete biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/
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