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Mary Helen Johnston

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American scientist and astronaut (born 1945)

United StatesBorn 1945 · age 81
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Mary Helen Johnston, later also Mary Helen McCay, is an American scientist and former astronaut. Working with NASA as an engineer in the 1960s and '70s, Johnston aspired to be an astronaut; she unsuccessfully applied in 1980 before becoming a payload specialist in 1983.

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Johnston (left, seated) and her colleagues at the outset of the five-day GPL exercise in 1974Johnston (left, seated) and her colleagues at the outset of the five-day GPL exercise in 1974Johnston (left) with Ann Whitaker and Carolyn S. Griner in training as a candidate payload specialist for space missions in 1973Johnston (left) with Ann Whitaker and Carolyn S. Griner in training as a candidate payload specialist for space missions in 1973

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Mary Helen Johnston, later also Mary Helen McCay, is an American scientist and former astronaut. Working with NASA as an engineer in the 1960s and '70s, Johnston aspired to be an astronaut; she unsuccessfully applied in 1980 before becoming a payload specialist in 1983. Johnston retired from NASA in 1986 without having gone to space. She is a professor at Florida Institute of Technology.

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Born 1945 · age 81
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