BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY
Yvonne Cagle
Yvonne Cagle
Yvonne Cagle.jpg
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Active
Born April 24, 1959 (age 56)
West Point, New York, U.S.
Other occupation
Medical Doctor
Rank Colonel, USAF
Selection NASA Astronaut Group 16 (1996)
Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American NASA astronaut.
Contents
1 Education
2 Astronaut career
Education
Born in West Point, New York, Yvonne Cagle graduated from Novato High School in Novato, California.[1] She received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Washington in 1985. She completed a transitional internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California in 1985 and received a certificate in Aerospace Medicine from the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, in 1988. She then went on to complete a residency in family practice at Ghent FP at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1992 and received certification as a senior aviation medical examiner from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1995.
Astronaut career
Yvonne Cagle was a member of the Astronaut Class of 1996 (NASA Astronaut Group 16). She is currently assigned to Johnson Space Center's Space and Life Sciences Directorate.[2]
Dr. Cagle is also an advisor for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program (originally named CRuSR – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program).[3] Currently Dr. Cagle is on faculty and serves as the NASA liaison for exploration and space development with Singularity University. During the workshop, Dr. Cagle was embedded with the crew as a crew training consultant and advisor, providing insights and feedback to both crew and study team from the viewpoint of an astronaut, flight surgeon, space development expert and science liaison.
She has recently been selected reserve crew for Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), which is part of a study for NASA to determine the best way to keep astronauts well nourished during multiple-year missions to Mars or the moon.[4] Furthermore, Dr. Cagle is also listed as an honorary member of the Danish Astronautical Society.[5]
Yvonne Cagle
Yvonne Cagle.jpg
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Active
Born April 24, 1959 (age 56)
West Point, New York, U.S.
Other occupation
Medical Doctor
Rank Colonel, USAF
Selection NASA Astronaut Group 16 (1996)
Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American NASA astronaut.
Contents
1 Education
2 Astronaut career
Education
Born in West Point, New York, Yvonne Cagle graduated from Novato High School in Novato, California.[1] She received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Washington in 1985. She completed a transitional internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California in 1985 and received a certificate in Aerospace Medicine from the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, in 1988. She then went on to complete a residency in family practice at Ghent FP at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1992 and received certification as a senior aviation medical examiner from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1995.
Astronaut career
Yvonne Cagle was a member of the Astronaut Class of 1996 (NASA Astronaut Group 16). She is currently assigned to Johnson Space Center's Space and Life Sciences Directorate.[2]
Dr. Cagle is also an advisor for NASA's Flight Opportunities Program (originally named CRuSR – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program).[3] Currently Dr. Cagle is on faculty and serves as the NASA liaison for exploration and space development with Singularity University. During the workshop, Dr. Cagle was embedded with the crew as a crew training consultant and advisor, providing insights and feedback to both crew and study team from the viewpoint of an astronaut, flight surgeon, space development expert and science liaison.
She has recently been selected reserve crew for Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS), which is part of a study for NASA to determine the best way to keep astronauts well nourished during multiple-year missions to Mars or the moon.[4] Furthermore, Dr. Cagle is also listed as an honorary member of the Danish Astronautical Society.[5]
No comments:
Post a Comment