Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid made history in 1996 on the Russian Mir Space Station, her home for six months, as the first American woman to do so. Here, she is photographed on board the space shuttle Atlantis as the Mir Space Station moved off to continue its mission with fellow astronaut John E. Blaha as her replacement aboard.
Astronaut Shannon W. Lucid made history in 1996 on the Russian Mir Space Station, her home for six months, as the first American woman to do so. Here, she is photographed on board the space shuttle Atlantis as the Mir Space Station moved off to continue its mission with fellow astronaut John E. Blaha as her replacement aboard.
Lucid became a NASA astronaut in 1979 as part of the first class of women admitted into the astronaut program. She is the veteran on five shuttle flights.Image Credit: NASA