Death of Janice Voss

Holder of a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the prestigious MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Janice Voss was selected by NASA in 1990. During her career as an astronaut, she completed a total of 5 space shuttle missions, thus sharing with 5 other colleagues the record for the highest number of space flights conducted by women. Her last position consisted of managing the science office for the Kepler space telescope. She made her final journey to the stars on 6 February. A press release issued by NASA states that her death came about “after a courageous battle with cancer”.

NASA’s press release

Published on 8 February 2012

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