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Carolyn Leach Huntoon (born August 25, 1940) is the first woman to have served as the director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, a position which she held from 1994 to 1996. She began her career with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1970.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carolyn Huntoon: Director, Johnson Space Center during Phase 1 )〕 ==NASA career== Prior to her appointment as director of the Space Center, Huntoon had, among other tasks, directed the study of how the human body adapts to space flight.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Career at apogee: NASA has named Carolyn Huntoon director, January 23, 1994 )〕 At the time of her appointment to the Space Center, spokesman Brian Welsh said, "Women are coming into roles at NASA that in the Apollo years would have been unheard of ... We are moving to the point where it no longer will be news that women are in these kinds of positions."〔 On leaving the Space Center in 1996, Huntoon served U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as the assistant secretary for environmental management of the United States Department of Energy, a position which required confirmation by the United States Senate. As assistant secretary, Huntoon oversaw the cleanup of 113 nuclear sites in 30 states and one territory. She managed seven DOE field offices, including the Savannah River site.〔 After retiring from government service, Huntoon became an independent consultant in the fields of energy and aerospace. She advises both government and the private sector on the proper disposal of radioactive nuclear wastes as well as the physiological responses to space travel.〔 Huntoon is a fellow in the American Astronautical Society, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Aerospace Medical Association. She is a recipient of the Russian Yuri Gagarin Medal, which recognizes her work in space biology and medicine. She holds the S. P. Koralov Medal from the Russian Cosmonautics Federation for her work in shaping the Shuttle-Mir program.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carolyn Huntoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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