Tamara E. Jernigan
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| Astronaut | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | May 7, 1959 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Occupation1 | Scientist |
| Space time | 63d 01h 24m |
| Selection | 1985 NASA Group |
| Mission(s) | STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 |
| Mission insignia |      |
| 1 previous or current | |
Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D. (born May 7, 1959, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American astronaut. She flew on five Space Shuttle program missions (three on Columbia and one each on Endeavour and Discovery) and logged 1512 hours in space. In her last mission on Discovery in 1999, she performed an extra-vehicular activity for about 8 hours.
Jernigan attended Stanford University, where she earned a B.S. degree in physics in 1981, an M.S. in engineering science in 1983. At the University of California, Berkeley, she received an M.A. in astronomy in 1985. In 1988 she was awarded a Ph.D. in space physics and astronomy from Rice University. She entered the NASA astronaut corps in 1986 and retired in 2001. She is married to astronaut Peter Wisoff.
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