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Tamara E. Jernigan

Astronaut · United States · On the map · Astronauts · Born 1959 · age 67

Tamara Elizabeth Jernigan is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions, logging over 1512 hours in space.

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Jernigan left NASA in 2001, and is Deputy Principal Associate Director in the Weapons and Complex Integration (WCI) organization at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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United States
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Astronauts
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Astronaut
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Born 1959 · age 67