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NASA Marshall Photo #0006632

NASA Administrator Dan Goldin presents Carolyn Griner, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., with her second Distinguished Service Medal — NASA's highest honor. "For the eight-and-a-half years I've been administrator of this agency, whenever there's an assignment that other people run from, Carolyn goes for it," Goldin said, citing Griner's numerous contributions for "this agency and this country." Griner has announced plans to retire from NASA at the end of the year.

Credit: Emmett Given, NASA Marshall

NASA Marshall Photo #7669927

Carolyn Griner, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., center, has come a long way since setting her sights in the 1960s on the then-predominantly male field of engineering. Although it was then uncommon to find a woman in a technical position, she said her gender didn't make a difference. "With everything we wanted to accomplish at the Marshall Center, we all needed four sets of hands." This 1976 photo shows Griner with Drs. Mary-Helen Johnston, left, and Ann Whitaker wearing scuba gear at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator for training. Griner has announced plans to retire from NASA at the end of the year.

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NASA Marshall Photo #9610198

After 36 years of helping America reach new frontiers in space exploration, Carolyn Griner, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has announced plans to retire from NASA at the end of the year.

Credit: Dennis Keim, NASA Marshall

NASA Marshall Photo #0000921

Carolyn Griner, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., watches the STS-99 Shuttle launch in the Payload Operations Control Center at Marshall with U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer of Alabama's 5^th Congressional District, left, and Linder Metts, U.S. Propulsion System manager at Marshall, right. Griner has announced plans to retire from NASA at the end of the year.

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NASA Marshall Photo #9900374

Carolyn Griner, deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has spent the last 36 years helping America reach new frontiers in space exploration. Griner — shown observing operations at the Payload Operations Control Center at Marshall — has announced plans to retire from NASA at the end of the year. She will take into retirement many history-making memories, including the liftoff of the mammoth Saturn 5 rocket that carried Americans to the Moon; the launch of the first elements of America's first experimental space station, Skylab; the flight of the first and 100 subsequent Space Shuttle missions; and delivering science in space on Spacelab missions — all efforts in which she played major roles.

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