1975 - Designed the equipment and manufacturing processes used to fabricate the ceramic tiles used in the Space Shuttle thermal protection system

* Dunbar designed the equipment and manufacturing processes to fabricate the ceramic tiles used in the Space Shuttle thermal protection system. * In 1978, she joined NASA as a flight controller / payload officer, and was a guidance and navigation controller for Skylab during its de-orbiting and re-entry in July 1979. * Dunbar flew on five Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1998, including two dockings with the Mir space station. * She was the principal investigator of the Microgravity Disturbance Experiment using the Fluids Experiment Apparatus.

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Category:
Astronaut; Ceramics Engineer

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
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