Barrett

Personal data: Birth date:  26 Dec 1950 Birthplace:  Indiana Country / Pennsylvania Marital status:  married Children:  two Selection date:  Jun 2009 Selection group:  Space Tourist 8 Job:  Spaceflight Participant (UKP) Status:  Ret. 11 Oct 2009

Spaceflights:

Backup assignments: No. Mission Description Date 1  Soyuz TMA-16  Spaceflight Participant  Sep 2009

Additional information:

• Bachelor, master and law degrees from the Arizona State University; honorary doctorates from ASU, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Thunderbird and the University of South Carolina; until January 2009 U.S. Ambassador to Finland
• Hobbies: Experienced professional-level pilot. She was on a cycling tour through Finland (covered nearly 1000 km by bicycle). In August 2007 she climbed the mountain Kilimanjaro (Tanzania); backup for Soyuz TMA-16.