Kathryn C. Thornton

- Date of Birth: 08/17/1952
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 11/23/1989
- Last Flight: 10/20/1995
- In Space: No
Launches
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-49
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73
Spacewalks
STS-61 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 12/08/1993 03:13 UTC and ended at 12/08/1993 10:03 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 6 hours and 50 minutes.
STS-49 EVA 4
The spacewalk began at 05/14/1992 21:00 UTC and ended at 05/15/1992 04:45 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 7 hours and 45 minutes.
STS-61 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 12/06/1993 03:29 UTC and ended at 12/06/1993 10:05 UTC on the Hubble Space Telescope (LEO) for a total of 6 hours and 36 minutes.
Kathryn C. Thornton, a United States of America astronaut affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 4 space flights and engaging in 3 spacewalks during his/her career as an astronaut.
Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, currently a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.