where she worked until her retirement in 1997.

Present day space nursing

Career path and necessary qualifications

In 1962 NASA announced the Space Nursing Program, which required applicants to have a previous bachelor's degree in nursing, a requirement that has remained to the present day. There are 2 main categories of career paths to working in aerospace medicine at NASA. The military route involves enlistment in either the US Air Force--which offers a residency program for aerospace medicine at Wright-Patterson

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