In December 2017 former astronaut Janet Kavandi tweeted a picture of a group of women astronauts taken at an astronaut reunion.
There are nine of them I can't identify, can anyone name them? I've annotated the picture to show the ones I don't know.
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asked Aug 17, 2019 at 15:39
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$\begingroup$ #7 might be Nicole Aunapu Mann $\endgroup$– Bret CopelandCommented Aug 18, 2019 at 23:34
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$\begingroup$ @BretCopeland I think you are right. Consider posting an answer, partial answers are fine. $\endgroup$– Organic MarbleCommented Aug 18, 2019 at 23:36
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$\begingroup$ Fair enough. Done. I'd really love to see you caption all of the people you do recognize! I only recognize a small handful, but I've never met any of them either. $\endgroup$– Bret CopelandCommented Aug 19, 2019 at 0:08
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$\begingroup$ @BretCopeland Good idea! I don't want to clutter the picture up with more numbers, but eventually I'll post an answer with everybody numbered and ID/d. The ones I don't know appear to be from before and after my time in Spaceflight Training (Nicole Mann being an example of after). The other ones I either recognize or have been fortunate enough to have worked with. $\endgroup$– Organic MarbleCommented Aug 19, 2019 at 0:52
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1$\begingroup$ This site has suggestions for each person that look pretty legit, if someone wants to take a crack at it. You have to scroll down the thread to get to the picture from the OP. collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002068.html $\endgroup$– called2voyage ♦Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 16:29
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- Shannon Lucid
- Jenni Sidey
- Loral O'Hara
- Zena Cardman
- Kayla Barron
- Jessica Watkins
- Nicole Aunapu Mann
- Kathryn D. Sullivan
- Mary Ellen Weber
Credits:
- Nicole Mann was identified by looking at Wikipedia's list of female spacefarers.
- 3 through 6 were identified via NASA's Astronaut Candidates page, which @CourageousPotato discovered.
- The remaining astronauts were identified by Robert Pearlman and "Delta7" in a 2017 collectspace.com post which @called2voyage discovered.
Complete Caption:
Back Row (left to right): Jenni Sidey, Stephanie Wilson, Ellen Ochoa, Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O’Hara, Peggy Whitson, Janet Kavandi, Nicole Stott, Zena Cardman, Kate Rubins, Kayla Barron
Front Row (left to right): Eileen Collins, Shannon Lucid, Rhea Seddon, Karen Nyberg, Lisa Nowak, Sandy Magnus, Joan Higginbotham, Bonnie Dunbar, Mary Ellen Weber, Kathy Sullivan, Megan McArthur Behnken, Barbara Morgan, Nicole Mann, Julie Payette, Cady Coleman, Jessica Watkins
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$\begingroup$ Agree about the low res picture. Searches to find a better one were unsuccessful :( $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 0:59
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$\begingroup$ Bret, I added a potentially helpful resource to the comments of the question. $\endgroup$– called2voyage ♦Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 16:50
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$\begingroup$ @called2voyage awesome, I'll update this answer! $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 20:51
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$\begingroup$ Thanks! Even though now I feel even more out of touch with the program. I've never really heard of these Group 21 and 22 people :( And I would not have recognized Weber and Sullivan even though I've met them long ago. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 21:06
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2$\begingroup$ @OrganicMarble that may be so, but I bet most of us wish we had even half the amount of first-hand experience with the human spaceflight program that you had. I mean, I gave a whole talk on how to land the shuttle... but I've never actually met anyone who did. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 21:09
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3 looks like Loral O'Hara:
https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/candidates
It looks like Wikipedia doesn't have the ASCANs up to date.
answered Aug 19, 2019 at 4:12
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$\begingroup$ Rubins looks like the one standing next to #4, while #3 looks like Karen Nygard ??? $\endgroup$– amICommented Aug 19, 2019 at 4:46
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$\begingroup$ @aml Looks like Wikipedia hasn't been updated. I edited my answer. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 4:49
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$\begingroup$ Great find! The picture on that page helped me identify three more of the people. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 5:16
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$\begingroup$ @amI I think Nygard is the one standing just below #2 $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 5:23
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$\begingroup$ If y'all mean Nyberg, yes, she's below #2. $\endgroup$ Commented Aug 19, 2019 at 10:57