Background
Cagle, Yvonne Darlene was born on April 24, 1959 in West Point, New York, United States.
Cagle, Yvonne Darlene was born on April 24, 1959 in West Point, New York, United States.
Born in West Point, New York, Yvonne Cagle graduated from Novato High School in Novato, California. She received her bachelor"s degree in biochemistry from San Francisco State University in 1981, and a doctor of medicine degree from the in 1985. She completed a transitional internship at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California in 1985 and received a certificate in Aerospace Medicine from the School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, in 1988.
She then went on to complete a residency in family practice at Ghent FP at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1992 and received certification as a senior aviation medical examiner from the Federal Aviation Administration in 1995.
She is currently assigned to Johnson Space Center"s Space and Life Sciences Directorate. Doctor Cagle is also an advisor for National Aeronautics and Space Administration"s Flight Opportunities Program (originally named CRuSR – Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program). Currently Doctor Cagle is on faculty and serves as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration liaison for exploration and space development with Singularity University.
During the workshop, Doctor Cagle was embedded with the crew as a crew training consultant and advisor, providing insights and feedback to both crew and study team from the viewpoint of an astronaut, flight surgeon, space development expert and science liaison.
She has recently been selected reserve crew for Hawai‘i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (Hawaii-SEAS), which is part of a study for National Aeronautics and Space Administration to determine the best way to keep astronauts well nourished during multiple-year missions to Mars or the moon.
Yvonne Cagle was a member of the Astronaut Class of 1996 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astronaut Group 16). Furthermore, Doctor Cagle is also listed as an honorary member of the Danish Astronautical Society.
