Catherine Coleman





Full Name: Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman
Birthdate: December 14, 1960 - Charleston, South Carolina
Education: Bachelor of Science in chemistry - Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy
Ph.D. in polymer science and engineering - University of Massachusetts, Amhurst
Military Service: Colonel, United States Air Force
Selection: NASA Group 14 (1992)




STS-73 STS-93 Soyuz TMA-20 Expedition 26 Expedition 27
Columbia Columbia - - -
October 20-November 5, 1995 July 23-28, 1999 December 15, 2010 - May 24, 2011 November 26, 2010 - March 16, 2011 March 16, 2011 - May 23, 2011








From 1978 to 1979, Catherine Coleman was an exchange student studying in Norway through the
American Field Service Intercultural Program.




Catherine Coleman during the Expedition 27 mission Catherine Coleman with two types of Irish flutes onboard the
International Space Station
Valentine Tereshkova and Catherine Coleman



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