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Anna Fisher

United States

Anna Fisher is an American physician and NASA astronaut who flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-51-A in November 1984, during which the crew retrieved and recovered two malfunctioning communications satellites for return to Earth, an unusual and technically demanding operation. Fisher was the first mother to fly in space, and after her only spaceflight she spent many years working within NASAs astronaut office and space station program before returning briefly to active astronaut status decades later.

Facts
Birth Year
1949 3
Nationality
American 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Mission Specialist 1
Dating
Selection Year
1978 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Anna Lee Fisher (Wikipedia)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Anna Lee Fisher (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Anna Fisher
Sources
1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Anna Fisher
Spacefacts.dePersonal data, Position (MSP)
Quote, Personal data, Position (MSP)
Position: MSP
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2. Anna Lee Fisher (Wikipedia)
  • Article text, astronaut selection
    medicine. Fisher was selected as an astronaut candidate with NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group of NASA astronauts to include
  • In Group: Space Shuttle Astronauts, Lead sentence
    During her career at NASA, she was involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft.
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead sentence
    Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist, emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead sentence
    Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist, emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut.
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3. Wikipedia: Anna Lee Fisher
  • Lead, entry 1 (birth)
    born 1949
  • Lead, entry 1 (descriptor)
    American chemist
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Wikidata: Anna Fisher
Wikidata Q237470, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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