Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
LucidShannon Matilda WellsUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 14.01.1943 |
| Birthplace: | Shanghai / China |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 16.01.1978 |
| Selection group: | NASA-8 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.01.2012 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51G Discovery | MS | 17.06. - 24.06.1985 | 7d 01h 38m |
| 2 | STS-34 Atlantis | MS | 18.10. - 23.10.1989 | 4d 23h 39m |
| 3 | STS-43 Atlantis | MS | 02.08. - 11.08.1991 | 8d 21h 21m |
| 4 | STS-58 Columbia | MS | 18.10. - 01.11.1993 | 14d 00h 12m |
| 5 | STS-76 Atlantis / Mir-21 / Mir-22 / STS-79 Atlantis | MS | 22.03. - 26.09.1996 | 188d 04h 00m |
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| Total | 223d 02h 50m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of science in chemistry from the
University of Oklahoma, 1963; master of science and
Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma,
1970 and 1973, respectively; hobbies: Flying, camping, hiking, reading; since
2002 until September 2003 chief scientist at
NASA Headquarters; in September 2003 she returned to
the Johnson Space Center in Houston to assist the agency's Return to Flight
efforts. On January 31, 2012, after 34 years of service with the space agency,
Shannon Lucid retired from NASA. |
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