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Astronaut Appearance

Meet Astronaut Mark Lee

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Get the rare opportunity to meet a veteran NASA astronaut every day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Meet the Astronaut of the Day at any of the following opportunities:  

  • Astronaut Encounter – During these presentations, hear from the Astronaut of the Day about his or her unique experience living and working in space. Have your questions ready after the presentation. Astronaut Encounter is included with admission. 
  • Chat With An Astronaut – Enjoy a sampling of food and beverages while having a small-group conversation with the Astronaut of the Day about what it is really like to live and work in space. Chat With An Astronaut can be purchased in addition to admission. 
  • Autograph signings – get the astronaut’s autograph at The Space Shop and Shuttle Express at various times during the day. 

 See the Daily Schedule for the times for each when you arrive.

Learn more about this Astronaut of the Day below.

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Mark C. Lee

Selected by NASA in 1984, Mark Lee completed his training in 1985 and took on various technical roles, including extravehicular activity (EVA) and Space Station systems. Lee served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) and held several leadership positions within the Astronaut Office.

Lee’s space career includes four missions, traveling over 13 million miles and orbiting Earth 517 times. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-30, where he helped deploy the Magellan Venus-exploration spacecraft, the first U.S. planetary science mission launched since 1978. On STS-47, he served as Payload Commander, overseeing 44 Japanese and U.S. life science and materials processing experiments.

During STS-64, he performed the first untethered spacewalk in a decade, logging 6 hours and 51 minutes of EVA. His final mission, STS-82, was the second Hubble Space Telescope maintenance mission, where he conducted three spacewalks totaling 19 hours and 10 minutes, installing new spectrometers and replacement instruments, and upgrading the telescope’s insulation.

Lee retired from NASA and the Air Force July 1, 2001.

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