KERRI Nensi Dzhein (CURRIE Nancy Jane) /SShA/
1.08.2000 0:00 | A. B. Zheleznyakov/Enciklopediya Kosmonavtika
KERRI Nensi Dzhein (CURRIE Nancy Jane).
Kosmonavt SShA. Rodilas' 29 dekabrya 1958 goda v gorode Vilmington (shtat Delaver, SShA), no schitaet gorod Troya (shtat Ogaio, SShA), gde proshlo ee detstvo, svoim rodnym gorodom. V 1977 godu zakonchila srednyuyu shkolu v gorode Troya i postupila v Universitet shtata Ogaio. V 1980 godu udostoena stepeni bakalavra v oblasti biologii. Odnovremenno s ucheboi v universitete proshla kurs voennoi podgotovki i v 1981 godu ei bylo prisvoeno voinskoe zvanie vtorogo leitenanta. Prohodila sluzhbu na aviabaze Fort Ruker (shtat Alabama, SShA) v kachestve pilota-instruktora vertoleta. Imeet obshii nalet 3500 chasov na vertoletah razlichnoi konstrukcii. V 1985 godu udostoena stepeni magistra po inzhenernoi bezopasnosti v Universitete Yuzhnoi Kalifornii. S 1987 goda rabotaet v NASA. Zanimalas' razrabotkoi trenazherov dlya korablei mnogorazovogo ispol'zovaniya sistemy "Space Shuttle". V yanvare 1990 goda zachislena v otryad kosmonavtov NASA. V iyune 1991 goda zakonchila kurs obshekosmicheskoi podgotovki i poluchila kvalifikaciyu specialista poleta. Svoi pervyi kosmicheskii polet sovershila s 21 iyunya po 1 iyulya 1993 goda vmeste s Ronald GRABE, Brian DUFFY, David LOW, Janice VOSS i Peter WISOFF v kachestve specialista poleta korablya "Endeavour" po programme STS-57. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 9 dnei 23 chasa 45 minut. Svoi vtoroi kosmicheskii polet sovershila s 13 po 22 iyulya 1995 goda vmeste s Terrence HENRICKS, Kevin KREGEL, Donald THOMAS i Mary WEBER v kachestve specialista poleta korablya "Discovery" po programme STS-70. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 8 dnei 22 chasa 20 minut. Svoi tretii kosmicheskii polet sovershila s 4 po 16 dekabrya 1998 goda vmeste s Robert CABANA, Frederick STURCKOW, Jerry ROSS, James NEWMAN i Sergeem KRIKALEVYM v kachestve specialista poleta korablya "Endeavour" po programme STS-88. Vo vremya poleta byli nachaty raboty po montazhu Mezhdunarodnoi kosmicheskoi stancii. Prodolzhitel'nost' poleta sostavila 11 dnei 19 chasov 18 minut 47 sekund. Za 3 reisa v kosmos naletala 30 dnei 17 chasov 23 minuty 47 sekund.
Nagrazhdena tremya medalyami NASA "Za kosmicheskii polet" (1993, 1995, 1998).
Devich'ya familiya Decker. Ot pervogo braka imeet doch' Stephanie Marie Sherlock (r. 30 yanvarya 1987 g.). V nastoyashee vremya zamuzhem za David W.Currie.
Uvlekaetsya begom, plavaniem, lyzhami.
Pri podgotovke biografii Nancy Currui ispol'zovany materialy NASA.
Astrometriya
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Astronomicheskie instrumenty
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Astronomicheskoe obrazovanie
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Astrofizika
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Istoriya astronomii
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Kosmonavtika, issledovanie kosmosa
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Lyubitel'skaya astronomiya
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Planety i Solnechnaya sistema
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Solnce