Margaret Rhea Seddon
Astronaut
1947 –
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Who is Margaret Rhea Seddon?
Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas.
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- Born
- Nov 8, 1947
Murfreesboro - Also known as
- Dr. Rhea Seddon
- Dr. Margaret Rhea Seddon
- Parents
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctorate, University of Tennessee
Medicine
( - 1973) - Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Berkeley
Physiology
( - 1970)
- Doctorate, University of Tennessee
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on July 23, 2013
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