NAME:  Janice E. Voss (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born October 8, 1956 in South Bend, Indiana, but
considers Rockford, Illinois to be her hometown.  Her parents, Dr. &
Mrs. James R. Voss, reside in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Light brown hair; brown eyes; 5 feet 6 inches;
130 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School, Wilbraham,
Massachusetts, in 1972; received a bachelor of science degree in
engineering science from Purdue University in 1975, a master of
science degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in
aeronautics/astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 1977 and 1987, respectively.  From 1973 to 1975 she took
correspondence courses at the University of Oklahoma.  She also did
some graduate work in space physics at Rice University in 1977 and
1978.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Unmarried.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  Reading science fiction, dancing, volleyball,
flying.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA), the National Space Society, and the 99's
(International Women Pilots Association).
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Awarded a Zonta Amelia Earhart Fellowship (1982);
Howard Hughes Fellowship (1981); National Science Foundation
Fellowship (1976).
 
EXPERIENCE:  Dr. Voss was a co-op at the NASA Johnson Space Center
from 1973 to 1975.  During that time she did computer simulations in
the Engineering and Development Directorate.  In 1977 she returned to
the Johnson Space Center and, for a year, worked as a crew trainer,
teaching entry guidance and navigation.  She completed her doctorate
in 1987 and accepted a job with Orbital Sciences Corporation.  Her
responsibilities there included mission integration and flight
operations support for the Transfer Orbit Stage, an upper stage
currently scheduled for its first flight, on the Space Shuttle, in
February of 1993.
 
Selected by NASA in January 1990, Dr. Voss became an astronaut in July
1991.  She is qualified for assignment as a mission specialist on
future Space Shuttle flight crews, and presently works
Spacelab/Spacehab issues for the Astronaut Office Mission Development
Branch.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Dr. Voss is assigned as a mission specialist on
the crew of STS-57, which will carry the commercial middeck
augmentation module called SPACEHAB and retrieve the European
Retrievable Carrier (EURECA).  STS-57 is scheduled for launch in
mid-1993.
 
APRIL 1992