Kathryn D. Sullivan

Biography

Kathryn D. Sullivan is a renowned American geologist and former NASA astronaut. She became the first woman to be certified to wear a US Air Force pressure suit during her astronaut training and made history with the first extra-vehicular activity by an American woman during STS-41-G. Sullivan also played a key role in deploying the Hubble Space Telescope and serving as Payload Commander on the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth.