Seddon, Margaret Rhea
From Astro-Databank
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| born on | 8 November 1947 at 23:30 (= 11:30 PM ) | ||
| Place | Murfreesboro TN, USA, 35n51, 86w24 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   15°58'   01°36 Asc. 21°50'
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Biography
American astronaut who became a trainee in January 1978 after being selected by NASA. She earned her doctorate in 1973 and became a surgeon at the VA Hospital in Memphis. She was one of the crew of the Discovery mission, 04/12/1985 and on board the Columbia, 06/05/1991. A pretty, petite blonde, she is a workaholic with loads of drive and ambition. She has her private pilot license.
She married a NASA pilot, Robert "Hoot" Gibson, a year older than she. They were classmates at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston in January 1978 when they were among 35 candidates (out of 6,000 applicants) selected to train for the program. They married in May 1981. She is scheduled to deliver their first child in July 1982.
Events
- Work : Great Achievement 12 April 1985 (Member of Discovery mission)
- Work : Great Achievement 5 June 1991 (Member of Columbia mission)
- Social : End a program of study 1973 (Earned her doctorate)
- Social : Begin a program of study 1978 (Trainee for NASA)
Source Notes
LMR quotes her letter 7/1978
Categories
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ private
- Vocation : Medical : Nutritionist
- Vocation : Medical : Physician
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut
- Traits : Body : Size (Height of 5' 3 ")
- Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Astronaut)
- Traits : Personality : Hard worker
