Shannon Lucid
Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid born January 14, 1943 in Shanghai, is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to serve aboard Mir. She attended the University of Oklahoma from where she obtained her Bachelor\'s degree in chemistry in 1963, her Master\'s degree in biochemistry in 1970, and her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1973. Lucid\'s experience includes a variety of academic assignments, such as teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma\'s Department of Chemistry from 1963 to 1964; senior laboratory technician at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1964 to 1966; chemist at Kerr-McGee, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1966 to 1968; graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center\'s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from 1969 to 1973 and research associate with the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1974 until her selection to the astronaut candidate training program. In 1978, NASA advertised for female candidates in response to the new anti-discrimination laws of the time. Lucid was selected for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1978. Of the six women in this first class with female astronauts, Lucid was the only one who was a mother at the time of being selected.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-51G MSP 17.06. - 24.06.1985 7d 01h 38m
2 STS-34 MSP 18.10. - 23.10.1989 4d 23h 39m
3 STS-43 MSP 02.08. - 11.08.1991 8d 21h 21m
4 STS-58 MSP 18.10. - 01.11.1993 14d 00h 12m
5 STS-76 / Mir-21 / Mir-22 / STS-79 MSP 22.03. - 26.09.1996 188d 04h 00m
Total 223d 02h 50m
