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Bonnie Dunbar: Five-time space hero was inspired by Dundonian grandfather © Supplied Dr Bonnie Dunbar successfully completed five Space Shuttle missions during her time with NASA. Bonnie Dunbar was inspired to reach for the stars by her Dundonian grandfather and went on to become a five-time space hero. Only a handful of other American astronauts have heard the countdown to lift-off from the inside of a spacecraft more often than she has. Dr Dunbar, 72, worked for 27 years at NASA, successfully completing five Shuttle missions, logging 1,208 hours of space flight and nearly 800 orbits of the Earth. She also forged links between the RRS Discovery and the Space Shuttle Discovery and was heavily involved in founding the Scottish Space School.

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