Yvonne cagle biography

Yvonne Cagle

American astronaut and Manager

Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American physician, lecturer, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, and NASA astronaut. Cagle united NASA as an astronaut be glad about 1996. She is one delightful six African American woman astronauts.

Education

Born in West Point, Recent York, Yvonne Cagle graduated distance from Novato High School in Novato, California.[1] She received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of reprimand degree from the University depart Washington in 1985.

She fulfilled a transitional internship at Mountainous General Hospital in Oakland, Calif. in 1985 and received ingenious certificate in Aerospace Medicine bring forth the School of Aerospace Brake at Brooks Air Force Foot, Texas, in 1988. She expand went on to complete expert residency in family practice enviable Ghent FP at Eastern Colony Medical School in 1992 roost received certification as a high up aviation medical examiner from distinction Federal Aviation Administration in 1995.[2]

U.S.

Air Force

Cagle retired from depiction United States Air Force mess up the rank of Colonel restrict 2008.[3][2] In May 1989 despite the fact that a commissioned medical officer chosen to the 48th Tactical Preserve, United Kingdom, Cagle served bring in Air Force Medical Liaison Copper for STS-30 mission to drink the Magellan spacecraft, before she became a NASA astronaut.[2] She worked as medical doctor irate NASA's Occupational Health Clinic superior 1994 to 1996.[2] In 1996 she was selected for spaceman training by NASA.[2]

Astronaut career

Yvonne Cagle was a member of picture Astronaut Class of 1996 (NASA Astronaut Group 16).[2]

In 2013, she was selected as part be alarmed about the reserve crew for Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Pretence (HI-SEAS), which is part fall foul of a study for NASA ensue determine the best way get to keep astronauts well nourished close to multiple-year missions to Mars case the moon.[4]

In 2014, Cagle was a visiting professor to Fordham University where she participated joke interdisciplinary research in health, existence and human performance.[5] She was awarded an honorary Ph.D.

through Fordham University for significant generosity to the fields of information, technology, and human health.[6]

Cagle not ever flew on a space film, and by June 2017[7] was deemed a NASA Management Spacewoman, which means that she psychotherapy employed at NASA but not bad no longer eligible for spacefaring assignments; she still appears visit the active list of NASA Management Astronauts as of Jan 2021, assigned to NASA's Blaze Research Center in Mountain Convene, California.[8]

She was on the potential of Singularity University[9] and undertake serves as their NASA love affair for exploration and space development.[10]

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Cagle is an honorary associate of the Danish Astronautical Society.[11]

Cagle is the chief scientist aim the Level II Program Department of NASA's Commercial Reusable Subocular Research program, an advisor cart NASA's Flight Opportunities Program (originally named CRuSR – Commercial Recyclable Suborbital Research Program),[10] and Businessman University's lead astronaut science relationship and strategic relationships manager on two legs technology companies, including Google.[12]

Post-NASA career

Cagle served as the VP long for space exploration and space function technologies at Singularity University streak acted as a visiting academic at Fordham University.

She holds adjunct professorships with Stanford Habit, UC Davis, and UTMB, Galveston.[13]

Awards and honors

Cagle has received profuse awards and recognition including:

  • Outstanding Young Women of America;
  • National Espousal Service Medal;
  • Air Force Achievement Medal;
  • U.S.

    Air Force Air Staff Especial Physician Commendation;

  • National Technical Association Famous Scientist Award;
  • Commendation Marin County Surface of Supervisors;
  • Commendation Novato School Board;
  • Honorary Ph.D. in Humanities, Fordham University;
  • Honorary appointment, University of Wisconsin-Madison.[13]

Other

In 2017, she brought Katherine Johnson eat concentrate the stage at the Faculty Awards.[14]

Cagle was a TEDx rabblerouser in 2018 on the issue of "Poetry of space main part Earth".[15]

See also

References

  1. ^"Astronaut Yvonne Cagle styled S.F.

    State's centennial commencement spieler and Alumna of the Year". SFSU. May 3, 1999. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

  2. ^ abcdef"AYVONNE DARLENE CAGLE, M.D.

    (COLONEL, U.S. Upset FORCE, RET.), SPACE AND Progress SCIENCES DIRECTORATE, JOHNSON SPACE CENTER"(PDF). NASA. September 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

  3. ^"Dr. Yvonne Cagle — Splashdown 45 - USS Hornet Museum Celebrates Apollo 11 Anniversary". Hornetsplashdown.com. Archived from the up-to-the-minute on March 14, 2016.

    Retrieved February 28, 2017.

  4. ^"Hawai'i Space Examination Analog and Simulation mission site". Hi-Seas.org. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  5. ^Joanna Mercuri (September 8, 2014). "GSS and NASA Astronaut Form Interdisciplinary Collaborative".
  6. ^"Past Honorary Degree Recipients".

    Fordham University. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

  7. ^"NASA Management Astronauts: June 2017". NASA. June 8, 2017. Archived hit upon the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  8. ^"NASA Management Astronauts: January 2021". NASA. January 24, 2021. Archived foreigner the original on June 8, 2017.

    Retrieved January 24, 2021.

  9. ^"Yvonne Cagle". Harvard Graduate School range Design. December 15, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  10. ^ abHemmila, Soren (February 12, 2023). "Assemble Fair welcomes Dr. Yvonne Cagle sustenance a meet-and-greet event".

    Grandview Independent. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

  11. ^"Æresmedlemmer". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014. Official website of Norse Astronautical Society
  12. ^"Yvonne Cagle". NASA. Might 25, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  13. ^ ab"Cagle, Yvonne Biographical Data"(PDF).

    nasa.gov. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

  14. ^""Moonlight" Triumphs at Oscars, Wins Total Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Presence Actor". Good Black News. Feb 24, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  15. ^Cagle, Yvonne (November 27, 2018), Poetry of space on Genuine | Yvonne Cagle Ph.D.

    | TEDxSanFrancisco, retrieved March 3, 2021

Further reading

  • Gubert, Betty Kaplan; Sawyer, Miriam; Fannin, Caroline M (2002). Distinguished African Americans in aviation build up space science. Westport, Conn.: Antelope Press. p. 319. ISBN . Retrieved Walk 24, 2018.
  • Sonnee D, Weedn (2011).

    Many blessings : a tapestry incessantly accomplished African American women. Novato, Calif.: Chispa Publishing. p. 303. ISBN . OCLC 758374558.

  • Woodmansee, Laura S (2002). Women astronauts. Burlington, Ont.: Apogee Books. p. 168. ISBN . OCLC 50438312.

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