Bonnie J. Dunbar
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is an engineer and retired NASA astronaut.[1]
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| 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.[2] She began her career as a system analyst at Boeing Computer Services.[3]
Dunbar became a payload officer/flight controller at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. She served as a guidance and navigation officer/flight controller.[4][5]
Bonnie J. Dunbar Media
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
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.
References
- ↑ "Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar". Aerospace Corporation. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ↑ "Dunbar, Bonnie". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ↑ April 2008, Robert Z. Pearlman 08 (8 April 2008). "For New Station Commander, Spaceflight is All in the Family". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ↑ https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/dunbar_bonnie.pdf
- ↑ "Astronaut Biography: Bonnie Dunbar". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2021-04-25.