Friday, December 29, 2017
Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Nancy Curie-Gregg!
Nancy Jane (Sherlock) Currie-Gregg, born December 29, 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware, is a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights. She is a colonel in the U.S. Army.
Her first flight was on Endeavour (STS-57) as mission specialist June-July 1993. She operated the shuttle's robotic arm.
Her second flight was on Discovery (STS-70) in July 1995 as mission specialist. She conducted biomedical and remote sensing experiments.
She traveled on Endeavour (STS-88) December 1998 as part of the International Space Station assembly. She operated the robotic arm during space walks.
Col. Currie-Gregg's final mission was on Columbia (STS-109) in March 2002, to service the Hubble Space Telescope, again operating the shuttle's robotic arm.
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