![]() ![]() ![]() Growing up in Southern California in the 1950s, Sullivan was encouraged to be a “co-explorer” with her inquisitive parents, and she developed an early interest in how things worked, a fascination with maps, and a bent toward adventure. Brock in a virtual CHM Live event and shared lessons about the importance of maintenance and invention for the Hubble, a device that’s revolutionized our understanding of the universe. On June 24, 2020, Sullivan joined David C. In her book, Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention, the first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that developed and launched the Hubble Space Telescope. To do so, she’s trusted her life to the world’s most advanced technology, and she has an intimate understanding of what it takes to push the boundaries of engineering to make those feats of exploration possible. She’s the only person to have orbited above the Earth and also traveled into the deepest sea trench in the ocean floor. ![]() ![]() Kathryn Sullivan has spent her life exploring at the extreme edges of humanity’s frontiers. ![]()
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