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Stephanie Wilson
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American engineer and NASA astronaut
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Stephanie Wilson is an American astronaut and engineer, born Stephanie Diana Wilson in Boston on 27 September 1966. She is African American and was educated at Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin. Wilson is a member of NASA Astronaut Group 16.
She has served as a crew member on the space shuttle missions STS-121, STS-120 and STS-131, as well as on SpaceX Crew-9, and speaks English.
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Key facts
- Born
- Stephanie Diana Wilson , ( 1966-09-27 ) September 27, 1966 (age 59) , Boston , Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BS ), University of Texas, Austin ( MS )
- Time in space
- 42d 23h 46m
- Selection
- NASA Group 16 (1996)
- Missions
- STS-121 , STS-120 , STS-131
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 16
- Given name
- Diana
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- University of Texas at Austin
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Portrait Astronaut Stephanie Wilson 2019 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Stephanie Wilson
- date of birth
- 1966-09-27
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- time in space
- 61906
- member of the crew of
- SpaceX Crew-9
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephanie Diana Wilson (born September 27, 1966) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew to space onboard three Space Shuttle missions and is the second African American woman to go into space after Mae Jemison. As of 2026, her almost 43 days in space are the second most of any female African American astronaut, having been surpassed by Jessica Watkins in 2022.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stephanie Wilson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.