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Born May 26 1951 in Los Angelos California.

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While attending Westlake school for girls in LA I played tennis. I graduated in 1968

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In 1973 I graduated from Stanford with a Bacholors in English and Physics.
In 1975 I recieved my master in physics from stanford.

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In 1978 I was one of 35 accepted to be a team of astranaunts for NASA. I was one of six women on this team.

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In 1978 I also recieved a PhD in Physics from Stanford

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June 18-24, 1983 I was the First American Women to Space.

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October 5-13 of 1984 I returned to space.

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In 1987 I retired frmo the space agency. To teach physics at Standford.

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in 1989 I began teaching at the University of California.

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I co-worte many books about my exsperiences and knowledge about space. My book "The Third Planet: Exploring Earth from Space" was award winning.

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At age 61 I died from pancreatic cancer in 2012