Background
McCartney, Elaina was born on May 23, 1944 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Daughter of John R. and Dorothy (Wilson) McCartney.
McCartney, Elaina was born on May 23, 1944 in Ithaca, New York, United States. Daughter of John R. and Dorothy (Wilson) McCartney.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1967. Master in Engineering, Cornell University, 1993.
Computer scientist Cornell University, Ithaca, 1984-1998. Planetary space mission planner National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Cornell University, since 1998. Spacecraft sequencer Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission, 1998—2001.
Mission planner and camera sequencer Oracle Application Express, Athena and MER Missions to Mars, Cassini Mission to Saturn, since 1998. Research scientist/KC-135 microgravity aircraft, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Cornell, since 1996, Transcendental Meditation, since 1977.
Field volunteer, mastodon excavation, Cornell-Gilbert Mastodon, Ithaca, 1999. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Children: John F. Carr, Kelly C. Zitzmann, Jennie M. Jeddry.