Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 2006.
1Flight
12d 20hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Chicago
- Education
- Florida Institute of Technology; Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Whitney M. Young Magnet High School; Women in Space Science Award
- Awards
- Women in Space Science Award; NASA Exceptional Service Medal
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-116December 10, 2006
Born 1964-08-03 · age 62