Biografie

NASA astronaut Ivins graduated from Nether Providence High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, in 1969 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1973.

A veteran of five space shuttle flights, (STS-32 in 1990, STS-46 in 1992, STS-62 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997, and STS-98 in 2001), Ivins has logged over 1,318 hours in space.

Ivins showed a spectacular variation in professions: she was employed at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1974, working as an engineer for orbiter displays and controls and man machine engineering, and development of the Orbiter Head-Up Display. In 1980, she was assigned as a flight engineer on the Shuttle Training Aircraft (Aircraft Operations) and a co-pilot in the NASA administrative aircraft(Gulfstream-1). Ivins was selected in the NASA Astronaut Class of 1984 as a mission specialist.

Ivins earned a multi-engine Airline Transport Pilot License with Gulfstream-1 type rating, single engine airplane, land, sea, and glider commercial licenses, and airplane, instrument, and glider flight instructor ratings.

A veteran of five space flights, (STS-32 in 1990, STS-46 in 1992, STS-62 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997, and STS-98 in 2001), Ivins logged over 1,318 hours in space. She logged over 7000 hours in civilian and NASA aircraft.