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Dr Dianne Kasnic Prinz American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 29 September 1938. Died 12 October 2002. Physicist. Personal: Female, divorced. Born in Economy, Pennsylvania, USA. Lymphoma. PhD Bachelor of science in physics from University of Pittsburgh, 1960. Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University, 1967. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Deceased Entered space service: 9 August 1978. Left space service: 6 August 1985. Backup for John-David Bartoe (STS-51F). Research scientist at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC until retiring due to illness in 2000. Bibliography and Further Reading - Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", . Joachim Becker's outstanding collection of facts and photos of astronauts and cosmonauts. Accessed at: http://www.spacefacts.de/.
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