Linda Godwin, born July 2, 1952 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights. After getting her doctorate in physics, she joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in 1986.
Her first flight was on Atlantis (STS-37) as mission specialist in April 1991.
Her second flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-59) as mission specialist in April 1994. She assisted in photographing supersites, places NASA has identified to track a variety of contributors to track climate change. She took clear pictures of Chickasha, Oklahoma(!), one of 19 supersites.
Her third mission was on Atlantis (STS-76) in March 1996 to the space station Mir, during which she performed the first U.S. spacewalk around two docked spacecraft with fellow astronaut Michael Clifford.
Her fourth and final mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001. She and fellow astronaut Daniel Tani completed a four hour, 12 minute spacewalk to install insulation on the International Space Station's main solar arrays.
Godwin was married to fellow astronaut Steven Nagel until his death in 2014.
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