Overview

• NASA said Monday that Megan McArthur has retired, concluding roughly two decades of service.
• She became the first woman to pilot a SpaceX Crew Dragon on Crew-2 in April 2021, serving as a flight engineer on ISS Expeditions 65 and 66.
• Across two missions she logged 213 days in space, combining a shuttle flight with a long-duration stay on the station.
• On STS-125 in 2009 she used the shuttle’s robotic arm to capture Hubble for its final servicing and was the last person to touch the telescope in space with the orbiter’s arm.
• Beyond flight assignments she held roles including assistant director of ISS flight operations and deputy division chief of the Astronaut Office, later becoming chief science officer at Space Center Houston.