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Anna Lee Fisher

American astronaut and physician (born 1949)

Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist, emergency physician and a former NASAastronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984, she became the first mother to fly in space. During her career at NASA, she was involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft.

A graduate of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry in 1971, Fisher started graduate school in chemistry, conducting X-ray crystallographic studies of metallocarboranes. The following year she moved to the UCLA School of Medicine, where she received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1976. She completed her internship at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California, in 1977, and chose to specialize in emergency medicine.

Fisher was selected as an astronaut candidate with NASA Astronaut Group 8, the first group of NASA astronauts to includ

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Astronaut Appearances

NASA selects astronauts from a diverse pool of applicants with a wide variety of backgrounds, from scientists to pilots. From the thousands of applications received, only a few are chosen to be a member of the elite NASA Astronaut Corps. Each day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, visitors get the rare opportunity to meet a veteran NASA astronaut.

Meet the Astronaut of the Day at any of the following opportunities. See the Daily Schedule for the times for each when you arrive.

The daily Astronaut Encounter briefings allow time for a presentation from the astronaut and a question-and-answer session, so be prepared to ask him or her what you have always wanted to know.
Visitors can also get an astronaut’s autograph at The Space Shop and Shuttle Express at various times during the day.
During the all-new Chat With An Astronaut, enjoy a sampling of food and beverages while having a group conversation with the Astronaut of the Day about what it is really like to live and work in sp
Anna Lee Fisher is an American astronaut. She also became the first mother to fly in space on the STS-51-A space shuttle mission after being selected by NASA in January 1978. Apart from being a NASA astronaut she is also a chemist, a medical doctor. She is a specialist in emergency medicine.
She was born on August 24, 1949 in New York. Fisher graduated from San Pedro High School, San Pedro, California in 1967 and received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of California.
Fast Facts: –
- Her daughter Kristin Anne was just 9 months old when Anna Lee Fisher flew into space aboard the Discovery.
- She served as the mission specialist in the space shuttle which launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 8, 1984.
- She was accompanied by 4 other astronauts and they deployed two satellites during the mission.
- During STS-5, 6 and 7 she served as a physician in the recovery helicopter and also helped to create rescue procedures.
- From 1996 to 2002, which is also the early phase of building the ISS, Fisher served as the chief of the Space