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Tamara E. Jernigan

1959 - Today

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Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan (born May 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions (three on Columbia and one each on Endeavour and Discovery), logging over 1512 hours in space. Jernigan left NASA in 2001, and is Deputy Principal Associate Director in the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) organization at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tamara E. Jernigan is the 338th most popular astronaut (down from 282nd in 2019), the 12,136th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,687th in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Tamara E. Jernigan ranks 338 out of 556. Before her are Catherine Coleman, Robert L. Gibson, Joseph M. Acaba, Sergei Treshchov, Vladimir Dezhurov, and George D. Zamka. After her are Mike Mullane, Liu Boming, Michael Coats, Leroy Chiao, Guion Bluford, and Karl Gordon Henize.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Tamara E. Jernigan ranks 530. Before her are Tomas Gustafson, Nick Searcy, Manuel Negrete Arias, Tamara Tunie, Andy McNab, and Mackenzie Phillips. After her are Sergey Baburin, Jean Ravelonarivo, Zhan Videnov, Lydia Lunch, Lutz Heßlich, and Giorgio Vanzetta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tamara E. Jernigan ranks 12,139 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard J. Terrile (1951), Adele Jergens (1917), Clark Johnson (1954), Peter Ho (1975), Edmund Breese (1871), and Stuart Holmes (1884). After her are Maria Pitillo (1965), Dolph Ziggler (1980), David Denman (1973), Asa Hutchinson (1950), Alice Sebold (1963), and Raymond Scott (1908).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Tamara E. Jernigan ranks 165. Before her are Anthony W. England (1942), William S. McArthur (1951), Catherine Coleman (1960), Robert L. Gibson (1946), Joseph M. Acaba (1967), and George D. Zamka (1962). After her are Mike Mullane (1945), Michael Coats (1946), Leroy Chiao (1960), Guion Bluford (1942), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), and Scott Kelly (1964).

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