Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a retired NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 and is currently the president and CEO of The Museum of Flight.
Dunbar was born March 3, 1949, in Outlook, Washington. In 1967, she graduated from Sunnyside High School, Sunnyside, Washington. Following graduation in 1971 from the University of Washington, Dunbar worked for Boeing Computer Services for two years as a systems analyst. From 1973 to 1975, she c...
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Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a retired NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 and is currently the president and CEO of The Museum of Flight.
Dunbar was born March 3, 1949, in Outlook, Washington. In 1967, she graduated from Sunnyside High School, Sunnyside, Washington. Following graduation in 1971 from the University of Washington, Dunbar worked for Boeing Computer Services for two years as a systems analyst. From 1973 to 1975, she conducted research for her master's thesis in the field of mechanisms and kinetics of ionic diffusion in sodium beta-alumina.
In 1975, she was invited to participate in research at Harwell Laboratories in Oxford, England, as a visiting scientist. Her work there involved the wetting behavior of liquids on solid substrates. Following her work in England, she accepted a senior research engineer position with Rockwell International Space Division in Downey, California. Her responsibilities there included developing equipment and processes for the...
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