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  Astronaut Bio: Bonnie Dunbar (9/2005)
Dr. Dunbar retired from NASA in September 2005 to serve as President and CEO of the Seattle Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington.
She served as a mission specialist on STS 61-A in 1985, STS-32 in 1990, and STS-71 in 1995, and was the Payload Commander on STS-50 in 1992, and STS-89 in 1998.
Dunbar was prime operator for the RMS retrieval of LDEF, and was principal investigator for the MDE/FEA Experiment.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /Bios/htmlbios/dunbar.html   (1309 words)

  
 Bonnie J. Dunbar at AllExperts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Bonnie Dunbar was born March 3, 1949, in Sunnyside, Washington.
Dunbar is a private pilot with over 200 hours in single engine land aircraft, has logged more than 700 hours flying time in T-38 jets as co-pilot, and has over 100 hours as co-pilot in a Cessna Citation Jet.
Dunbar retired from NASA in September 2005, and became the President and CEO of The Museum of Flight on October 3, 2005.
en.allexperts.com /e/b/bo/bonnie_j._dunbar.htm   (1477 words)

  
 Bonnie J. Dunbar (Ph.D.)
Dunbar was the Payload Commander on STS-50, the United States Microgravity Lab-1 mission which was dedicated to microgravity fluid physics and materials science.
Dunbar served as MS-3 on this flight which also carried a Spacelab module in the payload bay in which the crew performed medical evaluations on the returning Mir crew.
Dunbar was the Payload Commander, responsible for all payload activities including the conduct of 23 technology and science experiments.
www.tsgc.utexas.edu /meetings/2002_spr/dunbar.html   (1301 words)

  
 Bonnie J. Dunbar Quick Facts - Quick Facts - MSN Encarta
Dunbar logged more than 1,208 hours (more than 50 days) in space.
Both Dunbar's bachelor's and master's degrees are in ceramic engineering, from the University of Washington.
Dunbar, Bonnie J. Exclusively for MSN Encarta Premium Subscribers.
encarta.msn.com /media_461577287/Bonnie_J_Dunbar_Quick_Facts.html   (237 words)

  
 VACCINE RISK AWARENESS NETWORK -"Excerpt of Dr. B.Dunbar's Speech"
Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D. is a Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Baylor Medical College in Houston, Texas, an international authority on reproductive biology, molecular endocrinology, and a vaccine developer.
Dunbar posed some of the questions that need to be addressed concerning the hepatitis B vaccine.
Dunbar referred to a DNA sequence data base that is being developed and feels it will be important.
www.vran.org /vaccines/hepatitis/dunbar.htm   (1643 words)

  
 June 2004 Columns Magazine Feature: Sunnyside Up
Dunbar is one of the most experienced female astronauts in the world, with 50 days in space covering 20.4 million miles in five space shuttle flights.
Dunbar, the holder of many prestigious engineering, academic and space awards, has another one for her mantle: 2004 Alumna Summa Laude Dignata.
Bottom: Determined to fly in space, Dunbar earned her pilot's license before she applied to be an astronaut in 1978 when NASA opened the astronaut corps to women.
www.washington.edu /alumni/columns/june04/dunbar01.html   (736 words)

  
 Dr. Bonnie Dunbar speaks for International Speakers Bureau
Bonnie Dunbar, PhD, is a retired NASA Astronaut and President and CEO of the Museum of Flight.
Dunbar became President and CEO of The Museum of Flight in Sept. 2005.
Dunbar earned a bachelor and master's degree in ceramic engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle and a doctorate in mechanical/biomedical engineering degree from the University of Houston.
www.internationalspeakers.com /speakers/ISBB-65JLA7/Dr._Bonnie_Dunbar   (605 words)

  
 Bonnie Dunbar, NASA astronaut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Bonnie Dunbar, NASA astronaut and associate director for university research and affairs at NASA Johnson Space Center, will speak at the University of New Mexico Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 10 to 11 a.m.
Dunbar will provide a perspective of human space exploration—from the beginning in the last century with the Apollo program, through the Space Shuttle Program, the construction of the International Space Station (ISS)—to what might be possible “futures” for returning to the Moon and the exploration of Mars.
Dunbar will also discuss why the ISS is being developed as a new laboratory in low earth orbit —why utilizing a microgravity environment affects the way we perform physics, chemistry, biology and engineering research and how previous microgravity research has changed some of our basic understandings of physical and biological “laws”.
www.unm.edu /news/news/news_releases/Nov1dunbar.htm   (214 words)

  
 Museum of Flight picks veteran astronaut to be new chief
Dunbar, 56, was to be introduced at a news conference Wednesday, but her mind was on her two dogs and her home near Galveston Bay, Texas.
Dunbar grew up on a ranch in Sunnyside and decided she wanted to be an astronaut at the age of 10.
In a news release, Dunbar said she was attracted to the job by the museum's emphasis on education.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/241771_dunbar22.html   (539 words)

  
 Astronaut Bio: Bonnie Dunbar 4/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
She is a private pilot with over 200 hours in single engine land aircraft, has logged more than 700 hours flying time in T-38 jets as co-pilot, and has over 100 hours as co-pilot in a Cessna Citation Jet.
In 1993, Dr. Dunbar served as Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. In February 1994, she traveled to Star City, Russia, where she spent 13-months training as a back-up crew member for a 3-month flight on the Russian Space Station, Mir.
Dr. Dunbar was the Payload Commander on the United States Microgravity Lab-1 mission which was dedicated to microgravity fluid physics and materials science.
www.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/dunbar.html   (1266 words)

  
 Museum of Flight
Dunbar was a clear standout in her passionate commitment to youth education, which is so central to our mission.
The coincidence between Dunbar's long-time professional interest in science, math, engineering and technology education and The Museum of Flight's mission commitment in these areas was the major reason she applied for the museum presidency.
Dunbar's predecessor, Ralph Bufano, who retires after 14 years at the helm of the institution, has been designated as the Museum's first “president emeritus” by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.
www.museumofflight.org /Display.asp?Page=050921DunbarAnnouncement   (848 words)

  
 Washington Engineer: An Astronaut's Viewpoint; Chemical Engineering to Celebrate 100 Years
Bonnie Dunbar, UW engineering alumna and one of the world’s most experienced women astronauts, speaks to graduates in her home Department of Material Science and Engineering during spring ceremonies.
When Bonnie Dunbar began studies in ceramic engineering at the University of Washington in the 1970s, one of the first things she noticed was there was no women’s bathroom for students in Roberts Hall.
Dunbar is currently a NASA assistant director for university research and affairs.
www.engr.washington.edu /enews/2004-07/17.html   (1421 words)

  
 Ilwaco High School
Bonnie J. Dunbar is currently Associate Director, Technology Integration and Risk Management for the Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) of the NASA Johnson Space Center.
Dunbar is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas and in 2002 was elected to the National Academy of Engineers.
Bonnie J. Dunbar is the daughter of Robert C. and Ethel F. Dunbar who homesteaded in the Yakima Valley of Washington State in 1948.
www.ocean.k12.wa.us /ilwacohi/dunbar.htm   (502 words)

  
 WITI - Hall of Fame
Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar is currently President and CEO of The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
Dunbar recently retired from the NASA Johnson Space Center where she was Associate Director, Technology Integration and Risk Management for the Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) of the NASA Johnson Space Center.
Dr. Dunbar is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and in 2002 was elected to the National Academy of Engineers.
www.witi.com /center/witimuseum/halloffame/2000/bdunbar.php   (382 words)

  
 Bonnie and Clyde (motion picture) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bonnie and Clyde (motion picture), movie based loosely on the lives of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed a series of banks during the Great...
Great Depression, period when Bonnie and Clyde were famous criminals
Bonnie and Clyde: picture of Bonnie and Clyde
encarta.msn.com /Bonnie_and_Clyde_(motion_picture).html   (170 words)

  
 Bonnie Dunbar
Bonnie Dunbar is an American astronaut who was born on March 3, 1949, in Washington.
Before she became an astronaut, Dunbar was an engineer for several different companies.
Before she became an astronaut, Dunbar was an engineer for Boeing and the Rockwell International Space Division.
www.windows.ucar.edu /people/astronauts/dunbar.html   (371 words)

  
 Washington Engineer: Dunbar Selected as Alumna Summa Laude Dignata
Bonnie Dunbar, former NASA astronaut and current deputy associate director, biological sciences and applications at the Johnson Space Center, has been named the University of Washington’s Alumna Summa Laude Dignata for 2004.
Dunbar, 55, is a native of Sunnyside, Wash. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ceramic engineering from the UW in 1971 and 1975 respectively, and a doctorate in mechanical/biomedical engineering from the University of Houston in 1983.
Dunbar is considered one of the most experienced female astronauts in the world.
www.engr.washington.edu /enews/2004-04/17.html   (615 words)

  
 Bonnie Blair - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bonnie Blair - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Blair, Bonnie Kathleen, born in 1964, American ice skater, the most successful women's speed skater in the history of the United States.
American speed skater Bonnie Blair racked up a total of five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal over her career.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Bonnie_Blair.html   (69 words)

  
 1 May 2002: Bonnie Dunbar lands in Cambridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
NASA astronaut Dr Bonnie Dunbar will be answering these questions at a lecture organised by the University's Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative (WiSETI) on 7 May at the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge.
Dr Dunbar is a veteran of five space flights, and has spent a total of 50 days in space, orbiting the earth 796 times.
Bonnie Dunbar is an excellent role model and I'm sure her talk will convey the excitement of a career in space."
www.admin.cam.ac.uk /news/press/dpp/2002050101   (436 words)

  
 RedOrbit NEWS | Bonnie Dunbar has orbited the earth 800 times
Today Dunbar is in Scotland with a group of 10 senior Nasa officials to support the Festival of Science.
Dunbar knows herself what an incentive the thought of donning a space-suit can be.
While persisting with her bachelor's degree during the late sixties, Dunbar was told that there were no jobs for women in engineering.
www.redorbit.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=815   (1079 words)

  
 Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium
In 1993, NASA Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar made a very generous one-time contribution to our scholarship program to support a promising Space Grant scholar.
Dunbar is originally from Sunnyside, Washington, and attended the University of Washington where she received her bachelor and master of science degrees in ceramic engineering (now materials science and engineering).
Dunbar flew on several space shuttle missions, beginning in 1985, and is now the director of the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
www.waspacegrant.org /bonnie.html   (90 words)

  
 Women Working - Challenges facing professional women - Dr. Bonnie Dunbar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
When Bonnie entered the University of Washington's Department of Engineering, she was surprised to find herself one of six women in a class of a few thousand students.
Throughout her university career, Bonnie found this organization and other mentors to be great sources of support for her.
In 1977, when she was working on the Columbia Space Shuttle at Rockwell International, Bonnie learned that NASA was finally accepting astronaut applications from women.
www.womenworking2000.com /feature/index.php?id=69   (404 words)

  
 UWAA and UW College of Engineering: Breakfast with Bonnie Dunbar
Join NASA astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, '71, '75, for breakfast and an exciting presentation on a subject tailor-made for a northwest audience: exploration.
Her talk will address the challenges of exploration, the technologies which must be developed to enable future exploration, and the benefits which accrue to science, to engineering, to the nation and to humanity as a whole.
Bonnie Dunbar grew up on a farm in the Yakima Valley before studying ceramic engineering at the University of Washington.
www.washington.edu /alumni/clubs/eng/2004dunbar.html   (345 words)

  
 Bonnie Dunbar, NASA Astronaut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
On April 7, the Chenowith Schools were honored by a visit from Bonnie Dunbar, NASA Shuttle Astronaut.
Dunbar went to CMS, CES, and WHS during her visit.
In addition to the great assembly, Dr. Dunbar gave each school a commemorative plaque with photos of from her last shuttle mission.
www.chenowith.k12.or.us /cms/archives/97-98/dunbar/dunbar2.html   (258 words)

  
 Renowned Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph.D. Receives Society of Women Engineers' Highest Honor Business Wire - Find ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Bonnie is being recognized for her visionary contributions ranging from ceramic shuttle-tile to biomedical research.
She went on to serve as a mission specialist on STS-32 in 1990 and STS-71 in 1995 (the first docking of Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station, MIR), and was the payload commander on STS-50 in 1992 and STS-89 in 1998.
Dunbar also trained for 13 months in Russia as a backup to the first American on the MIR Space Station, and was certified to fly on Russian spacecraft by the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Nov_2/ai_n15770510   (834 words)

  
 Bonnie and Clyde - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bonnie and Clyde - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bonnie and Clyde, real names Bonnie Parker (1910-1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909-1934), American criminals during the Great Depression of the 1930s....
In the 1930s Congress made a number of crimes federal offenses, significantly expanding the bureau’s authority.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Bonnie_and_Clyde.html   (107 words)

  
 NASA - Veteran NASA Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar Retires
Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar (Ph.D.), a veteran of five space shuttle flights, retired from NASA today to become president and chief executive officer of the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
Dunbar flew on shuttle missions in 1985, 1990, 1992, 1995, and 1998, spending more than 50 days in space.
She was selected for the astronaut class of 1980, only the second group of astronauts specifically chosen to fly the space shuttle.
www.nasa.gov /lb/centers/johnson/news/releases/J05-038.html   (243 words)

  
 uwnews.org | Top astronaut Bonnie Dunbar visits campus as UW alum of the year for 2004 | Jun. 8, 2004
DETAILS: Dunbar will be on campus this week to accept the UW's Alumna Summa Laude Dignata award, given each year to one outstanding UW alum.
She will be presented with a plaque and a medal at tomorrow's ceremony, and will be honored as the 2004 winner during commencement on Saturday.
As an engineering undergraduate at the UW in the 1970s, she helped develop the ceramic tiles used to coat the Space Shuttle so it could withstand the fiery temperatures generated when re-entering the Earth's atmosphere.
www.uwnews.org /article.asp?articleID=4634   (313 words)

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