Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!ames!dftsrv!chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov!packer From: packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: A shuttle trivia question Message-ID: <666@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 8 Jan 90 02:54:12 GMT Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: packer@chrpserv.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) Organization: Dept. of Independence Lines: 7 Here is a question that occurred to me when I read in the paper today that Dr. Bonnie Dunbar will operate the mechanical arm to grab te LDEF satellite during the forthcoming shuttle mission. I vaguely recall that a woman operated the arm the first time it was used. If my recollection is correct, then has the arm been operated by a woman in every mission where it was used?