Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Catherine Coleman, Chris Hadfield, Sylvia Earle, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Scott Carpenter, Sunita Williams, Douglas H. Wheelock, Scott Kelly, Dafydd Williams, Peggy Whitson, Ronald J. Garan, Jr., Robin Cook, Michael L. Gernhardt, Michael Fincke, Robert Thirsk, Clayton Anderson, Paul Hill, Daniel M. Tani, Gregory Chamitoff, Michael Barratt, Garrett Reisman, Jos Hern ndez, Koichi Wakata, Sandra Magnus, Jeffrey Williams, Andrew J. Feustel, Nicole Stott, Timothy Creamer, John Herrington, Michael L pez-Alegr a, Timothy Kopra, Karen L. Nyberg, Rex J. Walheim, Thomas Marshburn, Robert L. Behnken, John D. Olivas, Nicholas Patrick, Richard R. Arnold, Satoshi Furukawa, Aquanaut, Philippe Cousteau, Albert Falco. Excerpt: Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (born on February 7, 1963) is an American Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut. She has achieved the rank of captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the Exxon Houston off the coast of Barber's Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha. Stefanyshyn-Piper has received numerous honors and awards, such as the Meritorious Service Medal, two Navy Commendation Medals, and two Navy Achievement Medals. She has flown on two space shuttle missions, STS-115 and STS-126, during which she completed five spacewalks totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes. She ranks as 25th among the all-time list of space walkers by duration. Stefanyshyn-Piper was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, North America, of Ukrainian-American heritage. Her father, Michael (Mykhailo) Stefanyshyn, now deceased, was born in the Halychyna region of Ukraine, and sent to work in Germany during World War II. After the end of th...
