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Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper

  • Mission Specialist, space shuttle Atlantis (STS-115)
  • Mission Specialist, space shuttle Endeavor (STS-126)
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Captain Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (Heidi Piper) was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a Navy ROTC Scholarship, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1985. She served in the U.S. Navy for 30 years, retiring in July 2015. As an Engineering Duty Officer, she served at various ship repair facilities and on maintenance staff. She is an experienced Navy Diving and Salvage Officer.

Selected as an astronaut by NASA, she is a veteran of two space flights: STS-115 on the space shuttle Atlantis in September 2006 and STS-126 on the space shuttle Endeavour in November 2008, logging over 27 days and 15 hours in space. She has completed five space walks, totaling 33 hours and 42 minutes of Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) time.

She and her husband currently reside in Oak Harbor, WA.