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Shannon Lucid
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American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut
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Shannon Lucid is an American astronaut, chemist, and biochemist born in Shanghai in 1943. She is a citizen of the United States and was educated at the University of Oklahoma. Lucid served as an employee of NASA, where she held the position of NASA Chief Scientist. She was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 8 and was part of the crews for the STS-51-G, STS-34, STS-43, and STS-58 missions.
Her professional contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the National Women's Hall of Fame, the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration," and induction into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. She is also recognized in the Astronauts collection. Lucid speaks English and has spent 321290 units of time in space.
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Key facts
- Born
- Shannon Matilda Wells , ( 1943-01-14 ) January 14, 1943 (age 83) , Shanghai , Republic of China
- Education
- Wheaton College University of Oklahoma ( BS , MS , PhD )
- Awards
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2) NASA Exceptional Service Medal (5) NASA Space Flight Medal (6)
- Time in space
- 223 days, 2 hours and 50 minutes
- Selection
- NASA Group 8 (1978)
- Missions
- STS-51-G STS-34 STS-43 STS-58 STS-76 / STS-79 ( Mir EO ‑ 21 / 22 )
- Thesis
- Effect of Cholera Toxin on Phosphorylation and Kinase Activity of Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Their Brush Borders (1973)
- Doctoral advisor
- Chadwick Cox
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 8
- Given name
- Shannon
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Occupation
- biochemist
- Position held
- NASA Chief Scientist
- Employer
- NASA
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- ShannonLucid.jpeg
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Encyclopedic overview
Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid (née Wells; born January 14, 1943) 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 the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, Lucid held the record for the longest duration spent in space by an American and by a woman. She was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996, making her the tenth person and the first woman to be accorded the honor.
Lucid is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where she earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1963, a master's degree in biochemistry in 1970, and a PhD in biochemistry in 1973. She was a laboratory technician at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1964 to 1966, a research chemist at Kerr-McGee from 1966 to 1968, and a research associate at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1973 to 1978.
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