Dr. Roberta Bondar
SCIENTIST, ASTRONAUT, EXPLORER
Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space and a veteran of three shuttle missions, tells her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope in her new book “Handprints on Hubble.”
The Desert Research Institute Foundation is honoring Dr. Kathy Sullivan with the 31st Nevada Medal for "her remarkable accomplishments in her pursuit to explore and share her scientific discoveries with the world." Sullivan is the first American woman to walk in space for NASA, she led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as Administrator and in 2020 made an historic dive to our ocean’s deepest point. Established in 1988 to acknowledge outstanding achievement in the fields of science and engi
Dr. Roberta Bondar