ASTRONAUT

Janet L. Kavandi

1959 - Today

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Janet Lynn Kavandi, a native of Carthage, Missouri, (born July 17, 1959) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions, served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office, and was the Center Director at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio from March 2016 until her retirement from NASA in September 2019. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janet L. Kavandi has received more than 92,769 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Janet L. Kavandi is the 275th most popular astronaut (up from 353rd in 2019), the 10,352nd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,456th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 275 out of 556Before her are Donald H. Peterson, Michael Coats, William C. McCool, Franz Viehböck, John Casper, and Scott Kelly. After her are Kevin R. Kregel, Bryan D. O'Connor, Margaret Rhea Seddon, William B. Lenoir, Vasily Tsibliyev, and Brewster H. Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 442Before her are Renée Fleming, Fyodor Cherenkov, Holger Hieronymus, Richard Baawobr, Yves Rossy, and Alessandro Andrei. After her are Anil Ambani, David Beauchard, Michael Spindelegger, Bernardine Evaristo, Urs Zimmermann, and Tomislav Karamarko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 10,352 out of 20,380Before her are Stanley Anderson (1939), Harlan F. Stone (1872), James Morrison (1954), Edward Sedgwick (1889), Miller Anderson (1922), and John Dean (1938). After her are Scott Rudin (1958), Ja Rule (1976), Kate Smith (1907), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986), Jean E. Sammet (1928), and Robert Reid (1862).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Janet L. Kavandi ranks 112Before her are Lee Archambault (1960), Donald H. Peterson (1933), Michael Coats (1946), William C. McCool (1961), John Casper (1943), and Scott Kelly (1964). After her are Kevin R. Kregel (1956), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947), William B. Lenoir (1939), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), and Tamara E. Jernigan (1959).