Monday, October 30, 2017
Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Sandra Magnus!
Sandra Hall Magnus, born October 30, 1964, in Belleville, Illinois, is the veteran of 4 space shuttle flights and one expedition on the International Space Station. Her first mission was on Atlantis (STS-112) in October 2002 as a mission specialist.
Her second mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-126) in November 2008 to the International Space Station where she remained for 134 days. She returned to Earth on Discovery (STS-119 [I don't know why the mission numbers are out of sequence]) in March 2009, the first flight for Joe Acaba (back on the ISS).
Her third and final mission was on Atlantis (STS-135) which was the last mission of the Space Shuttle Program July 2011.
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