Shannon Lucid
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Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is
Lucid c. 2004
The first NASA women astronauts. Back row, left to right: Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Anna Fisher, Judith Resnik. Front row, left to right: Sally Ride and Rhea Seddon.
On the STS-51-G mission
The five STS-34 astronauts pose for an in-space crew portrait.
STS-51-G
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STS-51-G was the 18th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the fifth flight of Space Shuttle Discovery. The seven-day mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985, and
Discovery deploys Morelos-1.
Back: Lucid, Nagel, Fabian, Al Saud and Baudry Front: Brandenstein and CreightonSpace Shuttle program← STS-51-B (17)STS-51-F (19) →
Arabsat-1B deployment