- Born
- Birth nameKatherine Megan McArthur
- Megan McArthur was born in 1971 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She is an actress, known for Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014), Return to Space (2022) and Hubble (2010). She is married to Robert L. Behnken.
- SpouseRobert L. Behnken(? - present)
- "The Ballad of Serenity" was used by NASA as the wake-up song for McArthur's husband, astronaut Bob Behnken (Robert L. Behnken), and the other crew-members of STS-130 (a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station) on February 12, 2010. This was the theme song for the TV show Firefly (2002), written by Joss Whedon and performed by Sonny Rhodes.
- McArthur has flown one Space Shuttle mission, STS-125. She is famous as the last person to handle the Hubble Space Telescope.
- American oceanographer and a NASA astronaut.
- Daughter of Don and Kit McArthur, residents of San Jose, California.
- Attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, California.
- [Megan was a member of the last mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. In an interview before the flight, she said about the Hubble:] "I'll be the last one with hands on it."
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