Space · astronaut
Bonnie J. Dunbar
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
50 d 8 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
03 Mar 1949First flight
30 Oct 1985Most recent flight
23 Jan 1998Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 then served as president and CEO of The Museum of Flight until April 2010. From January 2013 - December 2015, Dr. Dunbar lead the University of Houston's STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and math) and was a faculty member in the Cullen College of Engineering.[1] Currently, she is a professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and serves as Director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI), a joint entity in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-89 | 23 Jan 1998 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-71 | 27 Jun 1995 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-50 | 25 Jun 1992 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32 | 09 Jan 1990 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A | 30 Oct 1985 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026
