Mary L. Cleave
Mary Louise Cleave is an engineer, environmental scientist, NASA astronaut, and senior NASA science administrator. Flew two shuttle missions and later led NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Died
- November 27, 2023
- Birthplace
- Southampton, New York,United States
Flights
2
Spacewalks
0
EVA time
N/A
In space
10 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes
Bio
Before and around spaceflight, Mary L.Before and around spaceflight, Cleave developed a technical foundation through study at Colorado State University and Utah State University. That background matters because the shuttle era depended on astronauts who could move between spacecraft operations, payload science, robotics, aviation, and public-facing international work.
Cleave flew on STS-61-B, STS-30 during the operational Space Shuttle era.
on STS-61-B and STS-30. Helped deploy Magellan toward Venus on STS-30. Later served as Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.