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Janet L. Kavandi
American astronaut (born 1959)
Janet Lynn Kavandi, a native of Carthage, Missouri, (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASAastronaut.
Janet kavandi biography
She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's deputy chief of the Astronaut Office,[1] and was the center director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019.[2] She was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2019.
Kavandi is president of Sierra Space.[3][4]
Education
Kavandi graduated valedictorian in 1977 from Carthage Senior High School - Carthage, Missouri. She went on to earn degrees in chemistry from Missouri Southern State College (bachelor's, 1980), the Missouri University of Science and Technology (masters, 1982), and the University of Washington (doctorate, 1990).[5]
Career
Following graduation in 1982, Kavandi accepted a position