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Tamara E. Jernigan
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Tamara E. Jernigan

United States of AmericaFORMERGovernment1991–1999
5
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67
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AGE

Tamara E. Jernigan is a former astronaut from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 5 spaceflights.

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

NationalityUnited States of America
BornMay 7, 1959
AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightJune 5, 1991
Last FlightMay 27, 1999