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Susan Helms

American astronaut and Air Force officer
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Also known as: Susan Jane Helms
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Susan Jane Helms
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February 26, 1958, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. (age 66)
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Susan Helms (born February 26, 1958, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut and Air Force officer who was the first U.S. military woman in space (1993) and, with astronaut James Voss, performed the longest space walk (2001). Helms received a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1980 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. From 1980 to 1984 she worked as a weapons separation engineer on the F-15 and F-16 aircraft at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. She received a master’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford ...(100 of 647 words)

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