Remembering Mary L. Cleave: A Trailblazing Astronaut and Annapolis Rower
Mary Cleave, a NASA astronaut who served on two space shuttle missions in the 1980s and later led climate change research, has passed away at the age of 76. Dr. Cleave joined NASA after seeing a recruitment flier and went on to participate in missions aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. She witnessed the Challenger disaster in 1986 and was part of the post-disaster assessment teams. Dr. Cleave's passion for environmental research led her to study ocean ecology and the effects of climate change using satellite data. She emphasized the urgency of addressing human-driven environmental crises and saw space-based data collection as crucial in understanding these issues.
- Mary L. Cleave, astronaut on two shuttle Atlantis missions, dies at 76 The Washington Post
- Bay Mourns Pioneering Female Astronaut, an Annapolis Rower Chesapeake Bay Magazine
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