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Bonnie J. Dunbar

1949 - Today

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Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar (born March 3, 1949) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut. She flew on five Space Shuttle missions between 1985 and 1998, including two dockings with the Mir space station. A graduate of the University of Washington, where she earned a Master of Science degree in ceramics engineering, Dunbar became a senior research engineer in Rockwell International's Space Division, where she designed the equipment and manufacturing processes used to fabricate the ceramic tiles used in the Space Shuttle thermal protection system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bonnie J. Dunbar has received more than 171,107 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Bonnie J. Dunbar is the 214th most popular astronaut (up from 240th in 2019), the 8,556th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,892nd in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Astronaut.

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  • 43.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Bonnie J. Dunbar ranks 214 out of 524. Before her are James C. Adamson, Franco Malerba, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Jerry L. Ross, James P. Bagian, and Michael López-Alegría. After her are Karol J. Bobko, Yi So-yeon, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Steven R. Nagel, Yuri Gidzenko, and Donald H. Peterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bonnie J. Dunbar ranks 503. Before her are Roy Andersson, Mwepu Ilunga, Jerry Lawler, György Gedó, Aslaug Dahl, and Richard Thompson. After her are Scott Turow, Lori Sandri, Christy Walton, Gloria Hendry, Heini Hemmi, and Flora Brovina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bonnie J. Dunbar ranks 8,556 out of 18,182. Before her are Chesty Puller (1898), Klay Thompson (1990), Patty Jenkins (1971), Karen Silkwood (1946), Matthew Settle (1969), and William C. Gorgas (1854). After her are Sara Gilbert (1975), Kay Lenz (1953), Arthur Alexander (1940), Lloyd Price (1933), T. J. Thyne (1975), and Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Bonnie J. Dunbar ranks 89. Before her are Marsha Ivins (1951), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), James C. Adamson (1946), Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (1963), Jerry L. Ross (1948), and James P. Bagian (1952). After her are Karol J. Bobko (1937), Steven R. Nagel (1946), Donald H. Peterson (1933), Henry Hartsfield (1933), Loren Acton (1936), and Lisa Nowak (1963).

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