[Megan was a member of the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. In an interview before the flight, she said about the Hubble:] "I'll be the last one with hands on it."
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Fact
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Attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.
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Daughter of Don and Kit McArthur, residents of San Jose, California.
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American oceanographer and a NASA astronaut.
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McArthur has flown one Space Shuttle mission, STS-125. She is famous as the last person to handle the Hubble Space Telescope.
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"The Ballad of Serenity" was used by NASA as the wake-up song for McArthur's husband, astronaut Robert L. Behnken, and the other crew-members of STS-130 (a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station) on February 12, 2010. This was the theme song for the TV show Firefly (2002), written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hubble 3D
2010
Documentary
Herself - Astronaut (as K. Megan McArthur)
Nova
2009
TV Series documentary
Herself - NASA Astronaut
Aliens of the Deep
2005
Documentary
Herself - NOAMA Astronaut: NASA (as Dr. Megan McArthur)