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| Born | Ellen Louise Shulman (1953-04-27)April 27, 1953 (age 72) |
| Education | University at Buffalo (BS) Cornell University (MD) University of Texas, Houston (MPH) |
| Relatives | Claire Shulman (mother) |
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| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 28d 14h 31m |
| Selection | NASA Group 10 (1984) |
| Missions | STS-34 STS-50 STS-71 |
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Ellen Louise Shulman Baker (born April 27, 1953[1]) is an Americanphysician and a formerNASAastronaut. Baker is a veteran of three shuttle flights and logged more than 686 hours in space.[2] Baker served as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office[3] until her retirement in 2011 after more than 30 years of service to NASA.[4]
The daughter of physician Mel and politicianClaire Shulman, she was born inFayetteville, North Carolina, but raised inNew York City.[5] She is married to Kenneth J. Baker. They have two daughters.[6]
Baker graduated from:
After completing medical school, Baker trained ininternal medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center,San Antonio, Texas. In 1981, after three years of residency training in internal medicine, she was certified by theAmerican Board of Internal Medicine.[6]
In 1981, following her parents, Baker joined NASA as a medical officer at theLyndon B. Johnson Space Center. That same year, she graduated from the Air Force Aerospace Medicine Course atBrooks Air Force Base,San Antonio, Texas. Prior to her selection as an astronaut candidate, she served as a physician in the Flight Medicine Clinic at the Johnson Space Center. Selected by NASA in May 1984, Baker became an astronaut in June 1985. Since then, she has had a variety of jobs at NASA in support of theSpace Shuttle program andSpace Station development. She was a mission specialist onSTS-34 in 1989,STS-50 in 1992, andSTS-71 in 1995 and has logged over 686 hours in space. She then served as Chief of the Astronaut Office Education/Medical Branch.[8]
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STS-34Atlantis (October 18–23, 1989) launched from theKennedy Space Center inFlorida, and landed atEdwards Air Force Base inCalifornia. During the mission, the crew deployed theGalileo probe to exploreJupiter, operated the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV) to map atmosphericozone, conducted several medical experiments, and numerous scientific experiments. Mission objectives were accomplished in 79 orbits of the Earth, traveling 1.8 million miles in 119 hours and 41 minutes.[9]
STS-50Columbia (June 25, 1992 – July 9, 1992) launched and landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-50 was the first flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory and the first Extended Duration Orbiter flight. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted scientific experiments involving crystal growth, fluid physics, fluid dynamics, biological science, and combustion science. Mission objectives were accomplished in 221 orbits of the Earth, traveling 5.7 million miles in 331 hours 30 seconds and 4 minutes in space.[10]
STS-71Atlantis (June 27 – July 7, 1995) launched from the Kennedy Space Center with a seven-member crew and returned there with an eight-member crew. STS-71 was the first Space Shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space StationMir, and involved an exchange of crews. TheAtlantis Space Shuttle was modified to carry a docking system compatible with the Russian Mir Space Station. It also carried aSpacelab module in the payload bay in which the crew performed various life sciences experiments and data collections. Mission accomplished in 153 orbits of the Earth, traveling 4.1 million miles in 235 hours and 23 minutes.[11]
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