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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketrin_Koulman" title="Ketrin Koulman – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ketrin Koulman" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86" title="کاترین کولمن – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کاترین کولمن" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Катрин Кулмън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Катрин Кулмън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Colemanov%C3%A1" title="Catherine Colemanová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Catherine Colemanová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD" title="Κάθριν Κόουλμαν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάθριν Κόουλμαν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86" title="کاترین کولمن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاترین کولمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%A9%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="Քեթրին Քոուլման – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քեթրին Քոուլման" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8" title="कैथरीन कोलेमन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कैथरीन कोलेमन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F" title="קתרין קולמן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קתרין קולמן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketrina_Kolmena" title="Ketrina Kolmena – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ketrina Kolmena" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grace_Coleman" title="Catherine Grace Coleman – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Catherine Grace Coleman" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="pl" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman" title="Catherine Coleman – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Catherine Coleman" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD,_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82)" title="Коулман, Кэтрин (астронавт) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Коулман, Кэтрин (астронавт)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Cady Coleman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg/220px-Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg/330px-Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg/440px-Catherine_Coleman_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Coleman in 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Catherine Grace Coleman</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-12-14</span>) </span>December 14, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 63)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts,_Amherst" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Massachusetts, Amherst">University of Massachusetts, Amherst</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">MS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Space career</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header role"><a href="/wiki/NASA_astronaut" class="mw-redirect" title="NASA astronaut">NASA astronaut</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> (ret.)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Time in space</div></th><td class="infobox-data">180d 4h 0m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Selection</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_14" title="NASA Astronaut Group 14">NASA Group 14 (1992)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Missions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a><br /><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20" title="Soyuz TMA-20">Soyuz TMA-20</a> (<a href="/wiki/Expedition_26" title="Expedition 26">Expedition 26</a>/<a href="/wiki/Expedition_27" title="Expedition 27">27</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mission insignia</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sts-73-patch.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Sts-73-patch.png/40px-Sts-73-patch.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" 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colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Catherine Grace</b> "<b>Cady</b>" <b>Coleman</b> (born December 14, 1960) is an American <a href="/wiki/Chemist" title="Chemist">chemist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineer" title="Engineer">engineer</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> colonel, and retired <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a veteran of two <a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> missions, and departed the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of <a href="/wiki/Expedition_27" title="Expedition 27">Expedition 27</a> after logging 159 days in space. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleman graduated from <a href="/wiki/Wilbert_Tucker_Woodson_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School">Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax, Virginia</a>, in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978–1979, she was an exchange student at <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B8yken_Upper_Secondary_School" title="Røyken Upper Secondary School">Røyken Upper Secondary School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> with the <a href="/wiki/AFS_Intercultural_Programs" title="AFS Intercultural Programs">AFS Intercultural Programs</a>. She received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT) in 1983 and was commissioned as graduate of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps</a> (Air Force ROTC).,<sup id="cite_ref-preflight_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preflight-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then received a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> <a href="/wiki/Doctorate" title="Doctorate">degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Polymer_science" title="Polymer science">polymer science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was advised by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._McCarthy" title="Thomas J. McCarthy">Professor Thomas J. McCarthy</a> on her doctorate.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As an <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_degree" title="Undergraduate degree">undergraduate</a>, she was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Intercollegiate" title="Intercollegiate">intercollegiate</a> <a href="/wiki/Rowing_(sport)" title="Rowing (sport)">rowing crew</a> and was a resident of <a href="/wiki/Housing_at_the_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Housing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Baker House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mcgann-moon-landing_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mcgann-moon-landing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_career">Military career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleman continued to pursue her <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a>. In 1988, she entered active duty at <a href="/wiki/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base" title="Wright-Patterson Air Force Base">Wright-Patterson Air Force Base</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Chemist" title="Chemist">research chemist</a>. During her work, she participated as a surface analysis consultant on the <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Long_Duration_Exposure_Facility" title="Long Duration Exposure Facility">Long Duration Exposure Facility</a> experiment. In 1991, she received her doctorate in <a href="/wiki/Polymer_science" title="Polymer science">polymer science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She retired from the Air Force in November 2009 as a <a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">colonel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NASA_career">NASA career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: NASA career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Catherine_(Cady)_Coleman,_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg/220px-Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg/330px-Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg/440px-Catherine_%28Cady%29_Coleman%2C_Expedition_26_flight_engineer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1428" data-file-height="1761" /></a><figcaption>Coleman in the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">ISS</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg/220px-Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg/330px-Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg/440px-Valentina_Tereshkova_and_Catherine_Coleman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>Coleman and <a href="/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova" title="Valentina Tereshkova">Valentina Tereshkova</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin_Cosmonaut_Training_Center" title="Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center">Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center</a> in December 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Coleman was selected by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> in 1992 to join the <a href="/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Corps" title="NASA Astronaut Corps">NASA Astronaut Corps</a>. In 1995, she was a member of the <a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a> crew on the scientific mission USML-2 with experiments including <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combustion_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Combustion science">combustion science</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fluid" title="Fluid">fluids</a>. During the flight, she reported to <a href="/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center" title="Johnson Space Center">Houston Mission Control</a> that she had spotted an <a href="/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object" title="Unidentified flying object">Unidentified flying object</a> (UFO). She also trained for the mission <a href="/wiki/STS-83" title="STS-83">STS-83</a> to be the backup for <a href="/wiki/Donald_A._Thomas" title="Donald A. Thomas">Donald A. Thomas</a>; however, as he recovered on time, she did not fly that mission. <a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a> was Coleman's second space flight in 1999. She was <a href="/wiki/Mission_specialist" title="Mission specialist">mission specialist</a> in charge of deploying the <a href="/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra X-ray Observatory</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Inertial_Upper_Stage" title="Inertial Upper Stage">Inertial Upper Stage</a> out of the shuttle's cargo bay.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_bio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA_bio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman served as Chief of Robotics for the Astronaut Office, to include <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Servicing_System" title="Mobile Servicing System">robotic arm</a> operations and training for all Space Shuttle and <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> missions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2004, Coleman served as an <a href="/wiki/Aquanaut" title="Aquanaut">aquanaut</a> during the <a href="/wiki/NEEMO" title="NEEMO">NEEMO</a> 7 mission aboard the <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(laboratory)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aquarius (laboratory)">Aquarius</a> <a href="/wiki/Underwater_habitat" title="Underwater habitat">underwater laboratory</a>, living and working underwater for eleven days.<sup id="cite_ref-seven_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seven-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-seven2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seven2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman was assigned as a backup U.S. crew member for Expeditions <a href="/wiki/Expedition_19" title="Expedition 19">19</a>, <a href="/wiki/Expedition_20" title="Expedition 20">20</a> and <a href="/wiki/Expedition_21" title="Expedition 21">21</a> and served as a backup crew member for Expeditions <a href="/wiki/Expedition_24" title="Expedition 24">24</a> and <a href="/wiki/Expedition_25" title="Expedition 25">25</a> as part of her training for <a href="/wiki/Expedition_26" title="Expedition 26">Expedition 26</a>. </p><p>Coleman launched on December 15, 2010 (December 16, 2010 <a href="/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome" title="Baikonur Cosmodrome">Baikonur time</a>), aboard <a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20" title="Soyuz TMA-20">Soyuz TMA-20</a> to join the <a href="/wiki/Expedition_26" title="Expedition 26">Expedition 26</a> mission aboard the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She retired from NASA on December 1, 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spaceflight_experience">Spaceflight experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spaceflight experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg/220px-ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg/330px-ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg/440px-ISS27_Catherine_Coleman_plays_a_flute.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Coleman playing a flute inside the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/STS-73" title="STS-73">STS-73</a> on Space Shuttle <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia" title="Space Shuttle Columbia">Columbia</a></i> (October 20 to November 5, 1995) was the second United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) mission. The mission focused on <a href="/wiki/Materials_science" title="Materials science">materials science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Combustion_Science_and_Technology" title="Combustion Science and Technology">combustion science</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fluids" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluids">fluids</a>, and numerous scientific experiments housed in the pressurized <a href="/wiki/Spacelab" title="Spacelab">Spacelab</a> module. In completing her first space flight, Coleman orbited the <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> 256 times, traveled over 6 million miles, and logged a total of 15 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes and 21 seconds in space. </p><p><a href="/wiki/STS-93" title="STS-93">STS-93</a> on <i>Columbia</i> (July 22 to 27, 1999) was a five-day mission during which Coleman was the lead <a href="/wiki/Mission_specialist" title="Mission specialist">mission specialist</a> for the deployment of the <a href="/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra X-ray Observatory</a>. Designed to conduct comprehensive studies of the <a href="/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">universe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Telescope" title="Telescope">telescope</a> will enable scientists to study exotic <a href="/wiki/Phenomenon" title="Phenomenon">phenomena</a> such as exploding <a href="/wiki/Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Stars">stars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quasars" class="mw-redirect" title="Quasars">quasars</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Black_hole" title="Black hole">black holes</a>. Mission duration was 118 hours and 50 minutes. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Soyuz_TMA-20" title="Soyuz TMA-20">Soyuz TMA-20</a> / Expedition 26/<a href="/wiki/Expedition_27" title="Expedition 27">27</a> (December 15, 2010, to May 23, 2011) was an extended duration mission to the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal">Personal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleman is married to <a href="/wiki/Glass_art" title="Glass art">glass artist</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Simpson_(glass_artist)" title="Josh Simpson (glass artist)">Josh Simpson</a> who lives in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have one son. She is part of the band Bandella, which also includes fellow NASA astronaut <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Robinson" title="Stephen Robinson">Stephen Robinson</a>, Canadian astronaut <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hadfield" title="Chris Hadfield">Chris Hadfield</a>, and Micki Pettit (wife of the astronaut <a href="/wiki/Donald_Pettit" title="Donald Pettit">Donald Pettit</a>). Coleman is a <a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">flute</a> player and has taken several flutes with her to the ISS, including a <a href="/wiki/Pennywhistle" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennywhistle">pennywhistle</a> from <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Moloney" title="Paddy Moloney">Paddy Moloney</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Chieftains" title="The Chieftains">The Chieftains</a>, an old <a href="/wiki/Irish_flute" title="Irish flute">Irish flute</a> from <a href="/wiki/Matt_Molloy" title="Matt Molloy">Matt Molloy</a> of The Chieftains, and a flute from <a href="/wiki/Ian_Anderson" title="Ian Anderson">Ian Anderson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)" title="Jethro Tull (band)">Jethro Tull (band)</a>. On February 15, 2011, she played one of the instruments live from orbit on <a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR20110217_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR20110217-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 12, 2011, she played live via video link for the audience of <a href="/wiki/Jethro_Tull_(band)" title="Jethro Tull (band)">Jethro Tull</a>'s show in <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> in honour of the 50th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin" title="Yuri Gagarin">Yuri Gagarin</a>'s flight, playing in orbit while Anderson played on the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 13 of that year, Coleman delivered a taped commencement address to the class of 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst" title="University of Massachusetts Amherst">University of Massachusetts Amherst</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As do many other astronauts, Coleman holds an <a href="/wiki/Amateur_radio" title="Amateur radio">amateur radio</a> license (callsign: KC5ZTH). </p><p>As of 2015, she is also known to be working as a guest speaker at the <a href="/wiki/Baylor_College_of_Medicine" title="Baylor College of Medicine">Baylor College of Medicine</a>, for the children's program "Saturday Morning Science". </p><p>In 2018, she gave a graduation address to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Lynch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carter Lynch (page does not exist)">Carter Lynch</a>, the sole graduate of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuttyhunk_Elementary_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuttyhunk Elementary School (page does not exist)">Cuttyhunk Elementary School</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Cuttyhunk_Island" title="Cuttyhunk Island">Cuttyhunk Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019 the Irish postal service <a href="/wiki/An_Post" title="An Post">An Post</a> issued a set of commemorative stamps for the 50th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_program" title="Apollo program">Apollo Moon landings</a>, Catherine Coleman is featured alongside fellow astronauts <a href="/wiki/Neil_Armstrong" title="Neil Armstrong">Neil Armstrong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)" title="Michael Collins (astronaut)">Michael Collins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eileen_Collins" title="Eileen Collins">Eileen Collins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Coleman&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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