She is also the first American to have committed a spacewalk.
68-year-old oceanographer and former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan in early June, took part in expeditions EYOS and with entrepreneur and researcher Victor Vescovo descended to the deepest bottom of the ocean. So Katie was not only the first American to enter the open space, but also the first woman to have reached the deepest point of the Earth.
With the help of a special apparatus Limiting Factor Sullivan and Vescovo went down in the Mariana trench at a depth of almost 11 thousand meters below the surface of the Pacific ocean. Spot called the “Abyss Challenger” is considered the deepest on the Earth’s surface.
Expedition lasted a little less than four hours, and researchers from the ocean floor even contacted the astronauts on the ISS. The historic dive was part of a larger research mission to study the marine depths.
Note that before you get to work at NASA, Katie participated in several Oceanographic expeditions that studied the bottom of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. She also has a PhD in Geology, writes the New York Post.
At NASA, she worked for 14 years and during that time has participated in three space missions. Only in space Sullivan spent 532 hours, including 3 hours and 29 minutes in space. New immersion made her the only person in the world who has been in space and on the bottom of the ocean.
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