Katherine Megan McArthur

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Katherine Megan McArthur

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Birthplace: Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
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Daughter of Private and Private
Wife of Robert Louis Behnken

Managed by: John Dale Kessel
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About Katherine Megan McArthur

Katherine Megan McArthur (born August 10, 1971) is an American oceanographer and a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut. She has served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for both the space shuttle and space station. Megan McArthur has flown one space shuttle mission, STS-125. She is known as the last person to be hands on with the Hubble Space Telescope (although she was not actually "hands on" since she was using the robotic arm at the time). McArthur has served in a number of positions including working in the Shuttle Avionics Laboratory (SAIL). She is married to fellow astronaut Robert L. Behnken.[1]

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1971
August 10, 1971
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States