Janice Voss, Veteran of 5 Space Shuttle Flights, Dies at 55
Astronaut Janice Voss, a veteran of five spaceflights and a former science director for a NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55.
“Just got the very sad news that U.S. astronaut Janice Voss passed away last night,” the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization representing more than 350 individuals who have flown in space, wrote on Facebook. “Our thoughts go out to her family and friends.”
NASA confirmed Voss’ death in a statement issued on Tuesday (Feb. 7), saying she had passed away overnight.
Voss’ five spaceflights during her career ties her for a record for American woman that she shares with five other astronauts.
She will be missed.
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