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Voss, Janice, 1956-2012

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: October 8, 1956 - February 6, 2012

Biographical Information

Dr. Janice Voss was born on October 8, 1956 to James and Louise Voss in South Bend, Indiana. Voss attended Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Massachusetts and graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science in 1975. She then earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Doctorate in Aeronautics/Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977 and 1987, respectively. Having worked on computer simulations and as a crew trainer at the NASA Johnson Space Center during her graduate studies, Voss took a position at the Orbital Sciences Corporation upon completing her doctorate, where she was involved with mission integration and flight operations. In January 1990, Voss was selected by NASA to become an astronaut, and qualified as a mission specialist in July 1991. She flew on five space flights from 1993 until 2000, including the STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94 and STS-99, having logged a total of 49 days and 18.8 million miles in space. From 2004 to 2007, Voss was the Science Director for the Kepler spacecraft at the NASA Ames Research Center. Most recently, she served as Payloads Lead of the Astronaut Office Station Branch. Janice Voss died of breast cancer in February 2012.

Citation:
MSA 9, Janice Voss papers, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libaries.
Citation:
MSO 1, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program collection, Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries.
Citation:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Biographical Data Sheets, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1997.
Citation:
Welch, Rosanne. Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space. Santa Barbara, Ca: ABC-CLIO, 1998.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Purdue University Astronauts collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 168
Scope and Contents The Purdue University Astronauts collection consists of items relating to Purdue's alumni astronauts that had been collected by various donors before the advent of the Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives. Included are newspaper clippings, Purdue University News Service press releases that had been written in regards to Neil A. Armstrong and Apollo 11, and various newspapers with Apollo 11 headlines and related clippings. Also included are Purdue University related...
Dates: 1965 - 2003

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013

Joni Comstock collection on Janice Voss

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSA 309
Scope and Contents

The collection relates to Janice Voss' involvement with her first space flight, STS-57 (in 1993).  Included are three photographs of the mission, an autographed mission t-shirt, and a letter written by Voss to Comstock.  These materials would be useful to researchers interested in the history of NASA flight missions, women in space, women in STEM fields, and space research.

Dates: 1993

Janice Voss flag

 Unprocessed Material — Frame 1
Identifier: 20120406.1

Janice Voss papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 9
Scope and Contents The Janice Voss papers (1962-2004) document the early years and career highlights of astronaut Janice Voss. The collection includes materials from Voss’ childhood, including elementary school class pictures and report cards as well as materials from her time as an astronaut. Items pertaining to her professional career consist primarily of materials created and collected by her parents to celebrate her participation in space shuttle missions during the period of 1993-2000, and also includes...
Dates: 1962-2007; Other: Majority of material found in 1990-1997; Other: Date acquired: 01/08/2008

Janice Voss papers, addition 06

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1 box
Identifier: 20140325

Purdue University Astronauts collection, addition 01

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-060

Purdue University Cordova/Voss webcast

 Unprocessed Material — Box Communal Accessions 41
Identifier: 2025-058
Dates: December 31, 2007

Additional filters:

Type
Unprocessed Material 4
Collection 4
 
Subject
Astronauts 6
Women astronauts 5
Purdue University -- Alumni and alumnae 4
Clippings (Information artifacts) 3
Women aerospace engineers 3