Bonnie J. Dunbar

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is an engineer and retired NASA astronaut.

Bonnie J. Dunbar
Born	March 3, 1949 (age 72) Sunnyside, Washington
Nationality	United States
Education	ceramic engineering
Occupation	Scientist

Biography

Dunbar was born in Sunnyside, Washington. She graduated from Sunnyside High School in. She went to University of Washington and received her undergraduate degree in ceramic engineering. She began her career as a system analyst at Boeing Computer Services.

Dunbar became a payload officer/flight controller at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She served as a guidance and navigation officer/flight controller.

Bonnie J. Dunbar Media

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  STS-61A Mission Insignia* * This insignia was chosen by the eight members of the STS-61A/D1 Spacelab mission to represent the record-sized Space Shuttle crew. Crewmembers surnames surround the colorful patch scene depicting Challenger carrying a long science module and an international crew from Europe and the United States.

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  Emblem of Nasa's STS-50 mission.

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  Astronaut Dunbar, Bonnie J. - Portrait*NASA ID: S87-30050

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  Preparing to perform bio-medical test on the STS-61-A mission

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  Wearing an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) spacesuit, Dunbar prepares to don a helmet and be lowered by a hoist device for a session of underwater training in the Johnson Space Center's weightless environment training facility (WET-F).

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  Dunbar uses a Doppler to collect medical data from payload specialist Lawrence J. DeLucas during his diagnostic "run" in the Lower Body Negative Pressure device (LBNP). The Doppler is used to pick up high-frequency sound waves from the surface of the heart, thus producing pictures on the monitor of the American Flight Echocardiograph (AFE).

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  In a cosmonaut space suit in the Training Simulator Facility at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia.