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Revision as of 04:58, 15 June 2016
Anne C. McClain | |
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Born | Spokane, Washington, U.S. | June 7, 1979
Status | Candidate |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | U.S. Military Academy University of Bath University of Bristol |
Space career | |
NASA Astronaut | |
Rank | Major, USA |
Selection | 2013 NASA Group |
Anne Charlotte McClain (born June 7, 1979) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013.
Anne McClain is a Major in the U.S. Army. Her hometown is Spokane, Washington. Since she was a very young child she had always wanted to be an astronaut[1] She is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (BS Mechanical Engineering 2002); the University of Bath (MS Aerospace Engineering 2004) and the University of Bristol (MS International Security 2005), both in the United Kingdom while on a Marshall Scholarship.
McClain qualified as an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior scout/attack helicopter pilot and flew 216 combat missions during 15 months in Iraq. McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in June 2013 at the same time she was selected as a NASA astronaut.[2]
Following selection in the NASA Astronaut Group 21 in 2013, she became the youngest NASA astronaut.[3]Group 21 astronauts completed training in July 2015 and are available for future missions.[4]McCain has said that she would jump at the chance of going to Mars.[5]
Gallery
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Major McClain, 2013
References
- ^ http://soldiers.dodlive.mil/2013/08/living-the-dream-soldiers-selected-as-nasa-astronaut-candidates/
- ^ http://www.autostraddle.com/badass-lady-astronaut-candidates-meet-nasas-class-of-2013-193649/
- ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcclain-ac.pdf
- ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mann-na.pdf
- ^ http://www.inlander.com/spokane/astronaut-launch/Content?oid=2586335
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- Living people
- American astronauts
- Astronaut candidates
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- Helicopter pilots
- People from Spokane, Washington
- United States Army officers
- United States Military Academy alumni
- United States Naval Test Pilot School alumni
- 1979 births
- Female aviators
- Women in the United States Army
- Marshall Scholars