Janice Voss
Janice Elaine Voss (October 8, 1956 â February 6, 2012) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012, from breast cancer. She earned a bachelor\'s degree in engineering from Purdue University while working on a co-op at the Johnson Space Center. She earned an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1977. After studying space physics at Rice University from 1977 to 1978, she went on to earn a doctorate in aeronautics/astronautics from MIT in 1987. Voss was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990. During her career as an astronaut, she participated in the first Shuttle rendezvous with the Mir space station.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-57 MSP 21.06. - 01.07.1993 9d 23h 44m
2 STS-63 MSP 03.02. - 11.02.1995 8d 06h 28m
3 STS-83 MSP 04.04. - 08.04.1997 3d 23h 13m
4 STS-94 MSP 01.07. - 17.07.1997 15d 16h 45m
5 STS-99 MSP 11.02. - 22.02.2000 11d 05h 39m
Total 49d 03h 49m
