Janet L. Kavandi
Janet Kavandi | |
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| Born | July 17, 1959 Carthage, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Missouri Southern State University (BS) Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS) University of Washington (PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 33d 20h 8m |
| Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) |
| Missions | STS-91 STS-99 STS-104 |
Mission insignia | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Thesis | Luminescene Imaging for Aerodynamic Pressure Measurements (1990) |
Janet Lynn Kavandi, a native of Carthage, Missouri, (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's deputy chief of the Astronaut Office, and was the center director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019. She was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2019.
Kavandi is president of Sierra Space.