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candidates. It was the first time that women were encouraged to apply. A colleague, Russ Greer, a neurosurgery resident who had worked at NASA and was aware that Seddon had expressed an interest in becoming an astronaut, informed Seddon of the selection process that was underway, and she decided to
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salary of about US$ 22,000 (equivalent to $ 103,000 in 2023), which was more than she made as a surgical resident. Nonetheless, when she went to buy a townhouse she was told that her income was $ 3,000 short of what was required, even with her father putting up the deposit. United
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succeeded Abbey, he considered abolishing the position, but in May 1988 Seddon was unexpectedly given the job. Under Puddy, the job no longer entailed being a personal pilot and driver, but Seddon still worked on a variety of tasks. These included preparations for the
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prepared a report on how the research could be conducted without killing animals, which amounted to removing body parts without killing them. Seddon and
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helicopters supporting the flight. These would be required if the Space
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in late January 1986. She accepted but had doubts about whether she could be ready in time with all her work and home commitments. As it turned out, there was ample time because it was delayed due to the
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year, and he arranged for Seddon to spend her summer there as an aide. However, the new center's opening was delayed, and she spent the summer working in the surgical unit, where she decided to become a
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to participate in SLS-2, the follow-up mission to SLS-1. This was readily accommodated, as life sciences missions were not popular assignments among astronauts. In October 1991 she was designated the
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to her area. Huntoon agreed to take Seddon on as an assistant in the spring of 1988. However, while Abbey was Director of Flight Operations, he had an astronaut technical assistant, known in the
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1911:"The LEASAT Program That Launched HCI Completes 13 Years Of Service"
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1981:"Margaret Rhea Seddon (M.D.) NASA Astronaut"
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302:. In 1996 she was detailed by NASA to
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224:. After being selected as part of the
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2010:Robinson, Julie A. (April 17, 2013).
1983:. NASA. February 1992. Archived from
1827:Walker, Charles D. (April 14, 2005).
1266:
352:University of California, Los Angeles
331:
3753:Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
3183:United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
2619:. Chicester, UK: Praxis Publishing.
2386:Willard, Michelle (April 22, 2016).
2343:Campbell, Doug (November 22, 1996).
2307:Souza, Etheridge & Callahan 2000
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1047:United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
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632:and Seddon from the 1978 group, and
304:Vanderbilt University Medical School
4036:People from Murfreesboro, Tennessee
2478:
1767:"STS-51-D, 61-D crew announcements"
1765:Lawrence, John (February 2, 1984).
1707:Canetti, Barbara (August 5, 1982).
1267:Hinds, Andrea (September 5, 2018).
481:asked if he could interview her on
13:
2488:. Astronaut Scholarship Foundation
356:University of California, Berkeley
261:University of California, Berkeley
76:University of California, Berkeley
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2731:← NASA Astronaut Group 8 →
2664:
1790:"Space Shuttle Mission Summaries"
1216:
1175:Reim, Milton (January 16, 1978).
1043:NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
1019:Middle Tennessee State University
528:", used to denote newcomers to a
396:Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis
326:Margaret Rhea Seddon was born in
115:NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
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1566:Reim, Milton (August 31, 1979).
1449:Reim, Milton (August 25, 1977).
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2012:"Remembering Dr. Bob Phillips"
1326:
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1051:Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame
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409:
109:NASA Exceptional Service Medal
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2507:Grinter, Kay (June 1, 2015).
2486:"U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame"
2107:(Press release). NASA. 91-175
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556:to represent NASA along with
314:experiments that flew on the
1037:in 1985, 1991 and 1993; the
977:Delivering a lecture in 2015
837:NASA Astronaut Group 13
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2414:"Historical Recipient List"
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493:NASA Astronaut Group 8
228:in 1978, she flew on three
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2531:"100 Distinguished Alumni"
2150:Shayler & Burgess 2020
2138:Shayler & Burgess 2020
2126:Shayler & Burgess 2020
2091:Shayler & Burgess 2020
2067:Shayler & Burgess 2020
1815:Shayler & Burgess 2020
1623:Shayler & Burgess 2020
1611:Shayler & Burgess 2020
1599:Shayler & Burgess 2020
1311:"Significant Sigma Kappas"
1101:List of female spacefarers
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286:and payload software, the
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1829:"Oral History Transcript"
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2588:. Simon & Schuster.
1744:"STS Flight Assignments"
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766:mission in August 1985.
322:Early life and education
3352:Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
2676:March 15, 2023, at the
2140:, pp. 57, 238–239.
1788:NASA (August 3, 2000).
1769:(Press release). 84-005
1746:(Press release). 83-046
1334:"Significant Sig Kap's"
1035:NASA Space Flight Medal
786:Denver General Hospital
654:Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson
550:Extravehicular Activity
358:, where she joined the
328:Murfreesboro, Tennessee
103:NASA Space Flight Medal
64:Murfreesboro, Tennessee
3819:Martha Craig Daughtrey
2733:NASA Astronaut Group 9
2729:NASA Astronaut Group 7
2714:NASA Astronaut Group 8
2394:. Nashville, Tennessee
2246:10.3357/AMHP.6068.2022
1792:. NASA. Archived from
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3902:Lizzie Crozier French
3527:Michael López-Alegría
3427:Richard F. Gordon Jr.
2970:NASA Astronaut Groups
2797:Francis "Dick" Scobee
2511:(Press release). NASA
1987:on December 24, 2016.
1139:. NASA. November 1998
1067:Seddon, Rhea (2015).
992:Chief Medical Officer
984:Vanderbilt University
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833:Millie Hughes-Fulford
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606:Space Shuttle program
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578:malpractice insurance
538:private pilot license
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433:On July 8, 1976, the
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284:Space Shuttle Orbiter
277:emergency departments
4026:Physician astronauts
3917:Rosetta Miller-Perry
3758:NASA Astronaut Corps
3432:Frederick D. Gregory
3392:Christopher Ferguson
2975:NASA Astronaut Corps
2772:Frederick D. Gregory
2556:. Daily News Journal
1580:on November 11, 2022
1012:Nashville, Tennessee
988:Nashville, Tennessee
982:detailed by NASA to
862:Capsule Communicator
801:NASA Astronaut Corps
720:Kennedy Space Center
517:astronaut candidates
484:Good Morning America
451:Johnson Space Center
308:Nashville, Tennessee
296:capsule communicator
218:Margaret Rhea Seddon
47:Margaret Rhea Seddon
4031:American physicians
3707:Kathryn C. Thornton
3692:Kathryn D. Sullivan
3607:Charles J. Precourt
3597:Scott E. Parazynski
3557:Bruce McCandless II
3402:C. Gordon Fullerton
3307:Franklin Chang-Díaz
3262:Daniel Brandenstein
2826:Mission specialists
2747:Daniel Brandenstein
2651:. NASA. SP–2000-534
2611:Shayler, David J.;
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1463:on January 15, 2023
598:orbital spaceflight
536:jets. Seddon had a
534:Northrop T-38 Talon
526:the fucking new guy
467:Millie Hughes-Wiley
371:. She received her
344:Central High School
152:NASA Group 8 (1978)
3687:Thomas P. Stafford
3492:Thomas David Jones
3477:Jeffrey A. Hoffman
2439:"Rhea's Biography"
2392:Daily News Journal
1796:on October 6, 2008
1665:The New York Times
990:, as an assistant
986:Medical School in
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259:A graduate of the
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1336:. Radford College
1273:Rutherford Source
1254:, pp. 16–17.
1233:on March 15, 2023
1189:on March 14, 2023
1078:978-0-9962178-1-1
1029:Awards and honors
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890:Lisfranc fracture
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