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Headquarters |
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| Image # : |
79H-586 |
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| Date : |
07/01/1979
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Title
Kathryn Sullivan Sets Altitude Record
Full Description
An unofficial sustained American aviation altitude record for
women was set July 1, 1979, by astronaut candidate Kathryn D.
Sullivan in a NASA WB-57F reconnaissance aircraft.
The record altitude of 63,300 feet was reached during a four-hour
flight. Sullivan, in a high altitude pressure suit, operated
color infrared cameras and multispectral scanning equipment as
the WB-57F spent one and one-half hours of the Big Bend area of
West Texas.
Piloting the aircraft was Jim Korkowski, one of the NASA Airborne
Instrumentation Research Program Pilots. The flight was out of
Ellington AFB near Houston.
Sullivan, who has a doctorate in geology, was selected in 1978 as
one of 35 astronaut candidates training for the Shuttle program.
She trained to be a mission specialist and flights in the WB-57F
were training in preparation for her assignments on the Shuttle.
Sullivan later served as a mission specialist on STS-41G, STS-31,
and STS-45.
Keywords
Kathryn Sullivan Jim Korkowski WB-57F Ellington AFB STS-41G STS- 31 STS-34
Subject Category
Aeronautical Research, Astronauts, Women, Earth Science,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
79H-586
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000199
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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