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Jennifer Kay Levasseur is a space historian and museum curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Her curatorial responsibilities include astronaut equipment, including cameras, chronographs, space food, and hygiene equipment. Born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1977, she grew up in Lambertville, Michgian, and she earned her B.A. in history from the University of Michigan in 1999. In 2002, she graduated with an M.A. from George Washington University in American studies with a focus on material culture and museum studies. She finished her PhD in history at George Mason University in 2014, including the completion of her dissertation, Pictures by Proxy: Images of Exploration and the First Decade of Astronaut Photography at NASA