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Yvonne Cagle

1959–

United States

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Yvonne Darlene Cagle (born April 24, 1959) is an American physician, professor, retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, and NASA astronaut. Cagle joined NASA as an astronaut in 1996. She is one of six African American woman astronauts.

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