- She was the first woman to walk in space.
- She received a degree in Earth sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a doctorate in geology from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
- In 2020, she became the first woman to travel almost seven miles to the lowest known point in the ocean, within the Mariana Trench in the Pacific.
- After leaving Nasa in 1993, she served as chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
- She is a private pilot, rated in powered and glider aircraft.
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