Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper
US astronaut and engineer
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Col. Anne C McClain
US astronaut and army engineer
Mary Engle Pennington
Mary Engle Pennington became FDA’s first female lab chief under Harvey Wiley following passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. Her bacteriological research helped revolutionize the food supply, making more safe, fresh foods available at affordable prices, particularly in newly industrialized areas of the country.
Jessica Wittner
Astronaut, Navy machinist and engineer
Dr Christyl C Johnson
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate
Doreen Thomas
An academic with achievements spanning multiple decades, fields of study and sectors
Dr Karen L Nyberg
NASA astronaut and engineer
Dr Judith Resnik
NASA astronaut and biomedical engineer
Christina Koch
Christina Hammock Koch was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2013. She served as flight engineer on the International Space Station (ISS) for Expedition 59, 60 and 61. Koch set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman with a total of 328 days in space and participated in the first all-female spacewalk.
Deniz Burnham
Burnham reported for duty in January 2022 to complete two years of initial astronaut training as a NASA astronaut candidate.