Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper is an American Naval officer and former NASA astronaut. She has achieved the rank of Captain in the United States Navy. She is also a qualified and experienced salvage officer. Her major salvage projects include de-stranding the tanker Exxon Houston off the coast of Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and developing the plan for the Peruvian Navy salvage of the Peruvian submarine Pacocha.
STS-115 crew portrait with Astronauts Brent W. Jett, Jr. (right) and Christopher J. Ferguson, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joseph R. (Joe) Tanner, Daniel C. Burbank, Steven G. MacLean and the mission insignia (cropped)
STS-126 FD3a
S115E06786 - STS-115 - STS-115 MS Stefanyshyn-Piper exercises on the CEVIS in the MDDK of the Space Shuttle Atlantis - DPLA - 6933f67446a5dc6badcb18dedc60d5d9
Group portrait of 1996 astronaut candidates
Group photo of the 1996 ASCAN class
Nasa astronaut class of 1996
44 astronaut candidates
Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper
Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper cropped
Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper donning a spacesuit
Christopher Ferguson, Donald Pettit, Eric Boe, Gregory Chamitoff, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Sandra Magnus, Shane Kimbrough, Stephen Bowen, human spaceflight,