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Astronaut Megan McArthur, 1st woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires after 25-year NASA career


McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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