Janice Voss Dies - Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.
"Just got the very sad news that U.S. astronaut Janice Voss passed away last night," the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization representing more than 350 individuals who have flown in space, wrote on Facebook. "Our thoughts go out to her family and friends."
NASA confirmed Voss' death in a statement issued on Tuesday, saying she had passed away overnight.
Chosen by NASA for the astronaut corps in January 1990, Voss served as mission specialist on five space shuttle missions, including the only repeat flight in the shuttle program's 30-year history. She flew with the first commercial laboratory, rendezvoused with Russia's Mir space station and helped create the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth.
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Janice Voss Biography
Janice Elaine (Ford) Voss (8 October 1956 – 6 February 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012 after a battle with breast cancer.
Voss graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School in 1972. She earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Purdue University while working on a co-op at the Johnson Space Center. She earned an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1977. She then earned her doctorate in aeronautics/astronautics from MIT in 1987.
Voss was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990; she has since flown as a mission specialist on missions STS-57 (1993), STS-63 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997) and STS-99 (2000). All of Voss's flights included her and another female astronaut.
During her career as an astronaut, she rendezvoused with the Mir space station, She also was part of the crew which helped create a hyper accurate map of the Earth's surface with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission working around the clock in shifts.
Voss was the Science Director for NASA's Kepler Space Observatory, which launched in March 2009, from October 2004 to November 2007. She was the Payloads Lead of the Astronaut Office Station Branch.
She also worked for Orbital Sciences Corporation in a position of flight operations support.
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Name : Janice E. Voss
Nationality : American
Status : Deceased
Born : 8 October 1956 South Bend, Indiana
Died : 6 February 2012 (aged 55) Scottsdale, Arizona
Other : occupation Engineer
Time in space : 49d 3h 49m
Selection : 1990 NASA Group
Missions : STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99
"Just got the very sad news that U.S. astronaut Janice Voss passed away last night," the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization representing more than 350 individuals who have flown in space, wrote on Facebook. "Our thoughts go out to her family and friends."
NASA confirmed Voss' death in a statement issued on Tuesday, saying she had passed away overnight.
Chosen by NASA for the astronaut corps in January 1990, Voss served as mission specialist on five space shuttle missions, including the only repeat flight in the shuttle program's 30-year history. She flew with the first commercial laboratory, rendezvoused with Russia's Mir space station and helped create the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth.
continue reading => Janice Voss, veteran of 5 space shuttle flights, dies at 55
Janice Voss Biography
Janice Elaine (Ford) Voss (8 October 1956 – 6 February 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012 after a battle with breast cancer.
Voss graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School in 1972. She earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Purdue University while working on a co-op at the Johnson Space Center. She earned an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1977. She then earned her doctorate in aeronautics/astronautics from MIT in 1987.
Voss was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990; she has since flown as a mission specialist on missions STS-57 (1993), STS-63 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997) and STS-99 (2000). All of Voss's flights included her and another female astronaut.
During her career as an astronaut, she rendezvoused with the Mir space station, She also was part of the crew which helped create a hyper accurate map of the Earth's surface with the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission working around the clock in shifts.
Voss was the Science Director for NASA's Kepler Space Observatory, which launched in March 2009, from October 2004 to November 2007. She was the Payloads Lead of the Astronaut Office Station Branch.
She also worked for Orbital Sciences Corporation in a position of flight operations support.
Janice Voss Video
Janice Voss Profile
Name : Janice E. Voss
Nationality : American
Status : Deceased
Born : 8 October 1956 South Bend, Indiana
Died : 6 February 2012 (aged 55) Scottsdale, Arizona
Other : occupation Engineer
Time in space : 49d 3h 49m
Selection : 1990 NASA Group
Missions : STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99
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