Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on NASA’s space shuttle after Challenger disaster, dies at 76
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not give a cause of death. “I’m sad we’ve lost trail blazer
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday. NASA did not give a cause of death. “I’m sad we’ve lost trail blazer
NASA Thursday is remembering retired astronaut Mary Cleave, the first woman associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, who died Nov. 27 at 76.
Astronaut Mary Cleave, the first woman to fly on a NASA shuttle following the devastating 1986 Challenger explosion, died on Monday, NASA announced on its website. She was 76.
Retired astronaut Mary Cleave, who flew two spaceflight missions with NASA and had a decorated career as a scientist and engineer, has died at the age of 76.
