USA

Nancy Currie-Gregg

(Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg)

(Dec 29, 1958)

Astronaut 293

Astronaut of the USA 183

Woman-astronaut 23

Spaceflights 4

Spaceflights

On November 2, 2017, Nancy Currie-Gregg concluded her career at NASA.

Nancy Currie-Gregg joined NASA in 1987 as a flight simulation engineer. In 1990, she was selected for the astronaut corps; she completed her training as an astronaut candidate in 1991 and flew her first space mission in 1993. During the Endeavour STS-57 mission, she served as a mission specialist, participating in the capture and retrieval of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite and conducting experiments in the pressurized SPACEHAB module.

In 1995, she returned to space aboard the shuttle Discovery STS-70 and participated in the deployment of a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). In 1998, she was a crew member on the Endeavour STS-88 mission—the first assembly expedition for the International Space Station. In 2002, she worked with the Hubble Space Telescope during the Columbia STS-109 mission, which was dedicated to the telescope's maintenance. In total, she spent 1,000 hours in space.

However, her work at NASA did not end there. Following the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, Curry-Gregg was appointed Chief of the Flight Safety and Reliability Division for the Space Shuttle Program. She also served as Chief of the Habitability and Human Factors Division, Senior Technical Advisor for the Automation, Robotics, and Simulation Division, Assistant to the Director of Engineering at the Space Center, and Chief Engineer for the NASA Safety Center. At the time of her retirement, she held the position of Lead Engineer at the NASA Engineering and Safety Center.

Curry-Gregg was born in Wilmington, Delaware, but considers Troy, Ohio, her hometown. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Ohio State University, a Master’s degree in Safety Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. By the time she retired in 2005, she had attained the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and logged over 4,000 flight hours in various types of helicopters and aircraft.