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Susan Helms

American astronaut and Air Force officer
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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.) 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 University in ...(100 of 645 words)

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