Jeanne Lee Crews
Personal Information
Born: 1940
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
University of Texas began BS in Aerospace Engineering but transferred to University of Florida for final year
"Jeanne expressed in an oral interview, "... I really had to work hard to get the responsibility. Everybody wanted to hold my hand. Now, I know that sounds, “Well, isn’t that nice?” But it isn't when you're really trying to prove yourself... I didn't blame them; I really didn't. They just didn't know how to handle me.""
— Jeanne Lee Crews
Professional Life
Field of Study: Aerospace Engineering
Institution/Corporation: NASA
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1992, Women in Aaerospace Lifetime Achievement Award; 1993, NASA Exceptional Service Medal; 1995, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal;1992, 1998 & 2006 Tech Brief Award; 1993, NASA Headquartes Space Act Award; 1999, Silver Snoopy Award; 2006, honored for Far-Reaching Inventions
Achievements: Invented flexible, multi-shock shield to protect spacecraft from space debris-still used on ISS; working on a device to gather & accumulate orbital debris; worked on Apollo & Skylab; created hypervelocity lab at NASA
NASA aerospace engineer who designed a flexible multi-shock shield to protect spacecraft from debris; still in use on ISS (Space Bumper)
1 of the 1st female engineers to join NASA
1 of the 1st women at NASA to participate in a zero-G flight
Is working on a balloon to gather & accumulate orbital debris that will return to Earth once full
Created the hyper velocity lab
At Nasa she was allowed to fly some of the training simulators as long as no reporters saw her enter or exit the machines because they didn't want anyone to think there were female astronauts
Worked on Apollo Missions & Skylab
Holds 3 patents