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Janet L. Kavandi

1959 - Today

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Janet Lynn Kavandi, a native of Carthage, Missouri, (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's deputy chief of the Astronaut Office, and was the center director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019. She was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2019. Kavandi is president of Sierra Space. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janet L. Kavandi is the 361st most popular astronaut (down from 275th in 2019), the 12,901st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,356th in 2019) and the 178th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 361 out of 556. Before her are Mike Melvill, Helen Sharman, Charles L. Veach, Guy Gardner, Michael R. Clifford, and Christopher Ferguson. After her are Kenneth Cockrell, Gerhard Thiele, Curtis Brown, Frederick Hauck, John-David F. Bartoe, and Jean-François Clervoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 574. Before her are Harlem Désir, Linda Emond, Roberto Tricella, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Édson Boaro, and Peter Angerer. After her are Gary Rydstrom, Lourdes Flores, Boris Kokorev, Li Meisu, Edwyn Collins, and Abraham Løkin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 12,905 out of 20,380. Before her are Lisa Eichhorn (1952), Vanessa Ferlito (1980), Michelle Waterson (1986), Jaime Bergman (1975), David Oliver (1982), and Kitty Carlisle (1910). After her are Duke Pearson (1932), Hiram Fong (1906), Carmine Giovinazzo (1973), William O. Douglas (1898), Boots Randolph (1927), and Charlie Crist (1956).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 178. Before her are Steven Lindsey (1960), Jerome Apt (1949), Charles L. Veach (1944), Guy Gardner (1948), Michael R. Clifford (1952), and Christopher Ferguson (1961). After her are Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Curtis Brown (1956), Frederick Hauck (1941), John-David F. Bartoe (1944), Frederick D. Gregory (1941), and James Buchli (1945).

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