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Susan Helms

1958 - Today

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Susan Jane Helms (born February 26, 1958) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and NASA astronaut. She was the commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. Helms officially retired from the United States Air Force in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Helms is the 80th most popular astronaut (up from 296th in 2019), the 3,343rd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,131st in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Susan Helms ranks 80 out of 556. Before her are Ken Mattingly, Viktor Gorbatko, Frank L. Culbertson Jr., Muhammed Faris, Pavel Belyayev, and Anatoly Berezovoy. After her are Dick Scobee, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Vladimir Shatalov, Vladimir Aksyonov, Vyacheslav Zudov, and Leonid Popov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Susan Helms ranks 98. Before her are Rachid Taha, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Søren Lerby, Tsutomu Sonobe, Matt Ridley, and Hery Rajaonarimampianina. After her are Bernardo Arévalo, Keigo Higashino, Carlos Tavares, Rami Hamdallah, Anne Holt, and Zdravko Krivokapić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Helms ranks 3,343 out of 20,380. Before her are Grace Slick (1939), Bob Hastings (1925), Henry Hill (1943), Tracy Chapman (1964), Lydia Davis (1947), and Tommy Flanagan (1930). After her are Donald Judd (1928), August Derleth (1909), Will Ferrell (1967), Terry Crews (1968), Ed Ablowich (1913), and William Powell (1892).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Susan Helms ranks 49. Before her are Bruce McCandless II (1937), Barry E. Wilmore (1962), Judith Resnik (1949), Sally Ride (1951), Ken Mattingly (1936), and Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949). After her are Dick Scobee (1939), Walter Cunningham (1932), Stuart Roosa (1933), Scott Carpenter (1925), Kathryn D. Sullivan (1951), and Donn F. Eisele (1930).

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