Ellen S. Baker

Ellen Baker
Born
Ellen Louise Shulman

(1953-04-27) April 27, 1953 (age 71)
Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationUniversity at Buffalo (BS)
Cornell University (MD)
University of Texas, Houston (MPH)
RelativesClaire Shulman (mother)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space
28d 14h 31m
SelectionNASA Group 10 (1984)
MissionsSTS-34
STS-50
STS-71
Mission insignia

Ellen Louise Shulman Baker (born April 27, 1953[1]) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Baker is a veteran of three shuttle flights and logged more than 686 hours in space.[2] Baker served as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office[3] until her retirement in 2011 after more than 30 years of service to NASA.[4]

  1. ^ Laura Woodmansee, ed. Women Astronauts. (2002). Burlington, Ont.: Apogee Books. ISBN 978-1-896522-87-6; pp. 70-71
  2. ^ Ron Marzlock (May 26, 2022). "NASA's Ellen Shulman Baker took off from Bayside". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Cavallaro, U. (2017). "Ellen Baker: An Internist Physician on the Shuttle". Women Spacefarers. Springer Praxis Books(). pp. 89–93. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_12. ISBN 978-3-319-34047-0. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Veteran Astronaut Ellen Baker Retires". NASA. January 20, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2023.