Career record
Flights
2
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
212d 15h
Career EVA time
under a minute
Spacewalks
0
Biography
Katherine Megan McArthur is an American oceanographer and a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut. She has served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for both the space shuttle and space station. Megan McArthur has flown one space shuttle mission, STS-125. She is known as the last person to be hands on with the Hubble Space Telescope (although she was not actually "hands on" since she was using the robotic arm at the time). McArthur has served in a number of positions including working in the Shuttle Avionics Laboratory (SAIL). She is married to fellow astronaut Robert L. Behnken.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-2 — Pilot · Success · April 23, 2021
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-125 — Mission Specialist · Success · May 11, 2009
Born 1971-08-30