Portrait of Ellen Baker
NASA
Ellen Baker
Ellen Baker is an American astronaut who was born on April 27, 1953 in North
Carolina. Before she became an astronaut she was a geologist and a medical
doctor.
Baker joined NASA as a medical officer in 1981. In 1985, she became an
astronaut. She has had three space missions and has logged over 686 hours in
space.
In 1989, Baker flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis. Baker helped deploy the
Galileo spacecraft which went on to explore Jupiter.
In 1992, Baker flew aboard the first U.S. low gravity Lab.
In 1995, Baker was part of the first U.S. shuttle crew to dock at the Russian
Mir Space Station.
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