{"655735":{"#nid":"655735","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sandy Magnus Named to U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate and Professor of the Practice Sandra \u0026ldquo;Sandy\u0026rdquo; Magnus (MSE, \u0026rsquo;96) has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronautscholarship.org\/ahof.html\u0022\u003Eelected to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame\u003C\/a\u003E. Magnus, who flew to space three times, will be inducted in June at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Only 101 astronauts have received the honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/georgia-tech-welcomes-sandy-magnus\u0022\u003EMagnus returned to her alma mater in 2021\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with joint appointments in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDaniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E. As professor of the practice, her position primarily focuses on research advocacy, leadership and mentorship to students, as well as offering guidance to faculty related to issues in aerospace engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus was selected as an astronaut in 1996, the same year she received her doctoral degree in MSE. Her first launch was in 2002 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. In 2008, she flew to the International Space Station and lived onboard for four and a half months. Magnus\u0026rsquo;s final flight, STS-135 in 2011, was the final space shuttle launch (again on Atlantis). She has spent 187 days in orbit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMagnus is currently a principal at AstroPlanetview LLC. She has received numerous awards, including the NASA Space Flight Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and the 40 at 40 Award (given to former collegiate women athletes to recognize the impact of Title IX).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer election to the hall of fame comes a week after\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/three-named-national-academy-engineering\u0022\u003Eshe was named to the National Academy of Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the highest professional distinctions awarded to an engineer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech graduate and professor of the practice will be inducted this summer"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate and Professor of the Practice Sandra \u0026ldquo;Sandy\u0026rdquo; Magnus (MSE, \u0026rsquo;96) has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/astronautscholarship.org\/ahof.html\u0022\u003Eelected to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame\u003C\/a\u003E. Magnus, who flew to space three times, will be inducted in June at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Only 101 astronauts have received the honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Sandy Magnus Named to U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame"}],"uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2022-02-23 21:07:07","changed_gmt":"2022-02-23 21:07:07","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655733":{"id":"655733","type":"image","title":"Sandy Magnus","body":null,"created":"1645649809","gmt_created":"2022-02-23 20:56:49","changed":"1645649809","gmt_changed":"2022-02-23 20:56:49","alt":"Sandy Magnus","file":{"fid":"248605","name":"sandy smile.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sandy%20smile.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sandy%20smile.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":133292,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sandy%20smile.jpeg?itok=jlLDfZ4T"}},"655734":{"id":"655734","type":"image","title":"Sandy Magnus in space","body":null,"created":"1645650076","gmt_created":"2022-02-23 21:01:16","changed":"1645650076","gmt_changed":"2022-02-23 21:01:16","alt":"Sandy Magnus in space","file":{"fid":"248606","name":"sandy out window.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sandy%20out%20window.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/sandy%20out%20window.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":143761,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/sandy%20out%20window.jpeg?itok=SJE6sutT"}}},"media_ids":["655733","655734"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/three-named-national-academy-engineering","title":"Magnus Elected to National Academy of Engineering "}],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}