Megan Mcarthur(梅根·麦克阿瑟)

1993级   宇航员  航空工程师

她和外太空有个约会

梅根·麦克阿瑟第一次听说哈勃太空望远镜的时候，她还是UCLA航空工程专业的一名学生。她从没想过19年后她会在太空和哈勃“约会”——身着UCLA的运动衫进行任务。但是当麦克阿瑟学习工程的时候，她同样了解到了团队探索的热爱和团队合作的力量。在同学的帮助下，她制作和加速了人力驱动潜水艇。登上亚特兰蒂斯太空飞船，投身于工作，团队一起解决问题让她受益匪浅。作为这个机械臂的操纵者，麦克阿瑟的任务就是拍摄这个望远镜。接着，她通过一系列的太空行走驱动机械臂，太空行走人员和船舱人员将会输入电路。她是船员回到地球前最后一个触碰哈勃的人。任务完成，哈勃升级的仪器将继续把数据和神秘的照片传输回地球。

Megan McArthurC

Class of 1993

She kept a rendezvous in outer space.

Megan McArthur was an aerospace engineering student at UCLA when she first heard of the Hubble Space Telescope. She had no way of knowing that 19 years later she would rendezvous with Hubble in outer space – wearing a UCLA sweatshirt for part of the mission. But while McArthur was studying engineering, she was also learning about her love of exploration and the power of teamwork. With her classmates, she built and raced a human-powered submarine. Aboard shuttle Atlantis, that devotion to working and problem-solving as a team stood her in good stead. As operator of the robotic arm, it was McArthur’s job to capture the telescope. Then she drove the robotic arm through a series of spacewalks, with input from spacewalkers and crew members inside. She was the last to “touch” Hubble before the crew headed back to earth. Mission accomplished: Hubble’s upgraded instruments continue to send data and dramatic photos back to earth.