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Katherine Megan McArthur is an American oceanographer, engineer, and former NASA astronaut. She has served as a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) for both the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS). Megan McArthur has flown one Space Shuttle mission, STS-125, and one SpaceX mission, SpaceX Crew-2 on Crew Dragon Endeavour. She is known as the last person to be hands on with the Hubble Space Telescope via the Canadarm. McArthur has served in a number of positions including working in the Shuttle Avionics Laboratory (SAIL). She is married to fellow astronaut Bob Behnken.

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1971  Wikimedia, Wikidata
K. Megan McArthur; Katherine Megan McArthur
astronaut, oceanographer, NASA Astronaut Group 18, United States, 

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  STS-125 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  Expedition 65 ⓘ
  65th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

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  SpaceX Crew-2 ⓘ
  NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station

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  Expedition 66 ⓘ
  66th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

United States, 

1971-08-30T00:00:00Z

1971-08-30T00:00:00Z

1971 Megan McArthur

2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

2009 STS-125

2021-04-17T00:00:00Z

2021-10-17T00:00:00Z

2021 Expedition 65

2021-04-23T00:00:00Z

2021-04-23T00:00:00Z

2021 SpaceX Crew-2

2021-10-18T00:00:00Z

2022-03-30T00:00:00Z

2021 — 2022 Expedition 66

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NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, and Megan McArthur, right wave farewell, as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A.

ISS-65 Megan McArthur collects microbial samples

NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough are seen on the fixed service structure of Launch Complex 39A before boarding SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket before the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission.

Astronaut Megan McArthur reading Elmer and the Dragon on board the International Space Station

SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal.

Megan McArthur

Megan McArthur, Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel prepares to eat during STS-125

Megan McArthur working the controls of the RMS during STS-125

S125-E-007000 - Megan McArthur working the controls of the RMS during STS-125

Megan McArthur in her sleeping bag

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	2009	STS-125	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2021	Expedition 65	expedition to the International Space Station	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2021	SpaceX Crew-2	human spaceflight	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	2021	Expedition 66	expedition to the International Space Station	Wikidata
commons	image		NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough, left, and Megan McArthur, right wave farewell, as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A.		Commons
commons	image		ISS-65 Megan McArthur collects microbial samples		Commons
commons	image		NASA astronauts Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough are seen on the fixed service structure of Launch Complex 39A before boarding SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket before the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission.		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut Megan McArthur reading Elmer and the Dragon on board the International Space Station		Commons
commons	image		SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal.		Commons
commons	image		Megan McArthur		Commons
commons	image		Megan McArthur, Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel prepares to eat during STS-125		Commons
commons	image		Megan McArthur working the controls of the RMS during STS-125		Commons
commons	image		S125-E-007000 - Megan McArthur working the controls of the RMS during STS-125		Commons
commons	image		Megan McArthur in her sleeping bag		Commons