The Earth's Atmosphere And Beyond

Pioneers And Innovators


 
 

Jan Davis

   Jan Davis was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1953.  . She attended college at: Georgia Institute of Technology for her B.S. in Applied Biology; Auburn State for her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering; University of Alabama for her M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. She now lives in Alabama where she works at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (NASA) as an engineer.
        She is part of a team that is charge of creating, building, assembling, and operating the International Space Station. When asked what she felt was the most rewarding task she has fulfilled so far the responded that it is being a Mission Specialist and a performing scientist on three different space shuttle flights.

    As an astronaut Jan, has been able to launch into space three times already. This has given her the opportunity to circle the Earth several times and always allowed her to be on the edge of cutting technology. She performs multiple tasks and experiments while on missions and is usually the head scientist. She does research in astronomy, Earth sciences, life sciences and material sciences while in space.

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Information was obtained from
http://nasaexplores.com/extras/astronauts/davis_07-10-03.html