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Megan McArthur

Portrait photograph of Megan McArthur

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Megan McArthur is an American oceanographer, engineer and former NASA astronaut, born on 30 August 1971. She has been a capsule communicator, CAPCOM, for both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. She flew one shuttle mission, STS-125 in 2009, and one SpaceX mission, Crew-2 on the Crew Dragon Endeavour in 2021, joining Expedition 66. On STS-125 she was the last person to work with the Hubble Space Telescope using the Canadarm. She is married to fellow astronaut Bob Behnken. Wikidata records 212 days and 15 hours in space across her two flights.

Born
30 August 1971
Country
United States
Flights
2: STS-125 (2009), SpaceX Crew-2 (2021)
Time in space
212 days 15 hours
Stations visited
International Space Station, as part of Expedition 66
Flights with a company
SpaceX Crew-2 (SpaceX)

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

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  1. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    Free Documentary – Space
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Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

Free Documentary – Space

Duration 51:20

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  1. Thomas Pesquet’s Mission Alpha: Six Months Aboard the ISS

    DocumentaryFree Documentary – Space · 51:20

    Mission: Crew-2 (2021)

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