BiochemistAstronaut Shannon Lucid

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Biochemist/Astronaut Shannon Lucid

• Presentation by Sandra Lamey

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Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid

• Born January 14, 1943
• In Shanghai, China
• Parents Oscar and Myrtle Wells were Baptist
  missionaries
• Grew up in Bethany, Oklahoma
• Attended the University of Oklahoma
• In 1973 she obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry
• Married to Michael F. Lucid of Indianapolis,
  Indiana, they have two daughters and one son, and
  five granddaughters

http//www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link/people/astr
onauts/lucid.html
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Space

• In 1978 she was selected for the NASA Astronaut
  Corps
• STS-51G Discovery
• STS-34 Atlantis
• STS-43 Atlantis
• STS-58 Columbia
• Mir NASA-1
• performed numerous life science and physical
  science experiments during the course of her stay

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STS-58 Columbia

• STS-58 Columbia (October 18 to November 1, 1993).
  This record duration fourteen-day mission was
  recognized by NASA management as the most
  successful and efficient Spacelab flight flown by
  NASA. The crew performed neurovestibular,
  cardiovascular, cardiopulmonary, metabolic, and
  musculoskeletal medical experiments on themselves
  and 48 rats, expanding our knowledge of human and
  animal physiology both on earth and in space
  flight. In addition, they performed 16
  engineering tests aboard the Orbiter Columbia and
  20 Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project
  experiments. The mission was accomplished in 225
  orbits of the Earth, traveling 5.8 million miles
  in 336 hours, 13 minutes, 01 seconds.
• Landing was at Edwards Air Force Base,
  California. In completing this flight Dr. Lucid
  logged 838 hours, 54 minutes in space making her
  America's female space traveler with the most
  hours in space.

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Records Held

• Holds the record for single mission space flight
  endurance for the United States on the Russian
  Space Station Mir
• 188 days in space
• for amount of time in space her record was broken
• Total Time in Space at the end of her career
• 223d 02h 50m

http//www.astronautix.com/astros/lucid.htm
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Experiments on Mir
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Mission Insignias
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid
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Awards

• Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December
  1996
• She is the 10th person but 1st women to receive
  award
• Order of Friendship
• Russian President Boris Yeltsin

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Friendship
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Space_M
edal_of_Honor
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T.V./Movie Appearances

• The Wild Blue Younder (2005)
• Astronaut biochemist
• Armageddon (1998)
• Woman in Underwater Simulation Scene
• The Shot That Shook The World (2005)
• Herself
• Conquering Space The Moon and Beyond (2005)
• Herself

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onaut_lucid.jpg
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Did You Know?

• On one mission her crew included Saudi Prince
  Sultan. When the crew visited Saudi Arabia, a
  flap developed when Lucid was told she could not
  enter the country unless being accompanied by a
  male family member. She refused and Saudi Arabia
  offered to designate her an honorary man, which
  caused no end of ribbing from the male
  chauvinists in the astronaut corps.

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Quote by Shannon Lucid

• Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't
  do that because you're female. So I guess I just
  didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and
  did what I could and then, when the stars
  aligned, I was ready.

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Shannon Lucid (January 14, 1943 Present)

• Keywords NASA, biochemist, astronaut, STS-51G
  Discovery , STS-34 Atlantis, STS-43 Atlantis,
  STS-58 Columbia, Mir NASA-1, Congressional Space
  Medal of Honor, Order of Friendship
• Born January 14, 1943
• In Shanghai, China
• Parents Oscar and Myrtle Wells were Baptist
  missionaries
• Grew up in Bethany, Oklahoma
• Attended the University of Oklahoma
• In 1973 she obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry
• Married to Michael F. Lucid of Indianapolis,
  Indiana, they have two daughters and one son, and
  five granddaughters
• In 1978 she was selected for the NASA Astronaut
  Corps
• Holds the record for single mission space flight
  endurance for the United States on the Russian
  Space Station Mir
• 188 days in space
• Total time in space
• 223d 02h 50m

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid
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Bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid
• http//www.imdb.com/name/nm1323489/
• http//quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/sl.htm
  l
• http//www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link/people/astr
  onauts/lucid.html

http//www.spacefacts.de/more/astronauts/page/luci
d_shannon.htm
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Questions???
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