Anna Lee Fisher

Astronaut

Birthday August 24, 1949

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace New York City, NY

Age 74 years old

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About

American astronaut and chemist who flew on the STS-51-A space shuttle mission. She was selected as part of the 1978 NASA Group.

Before Fame

She earned a graduate degree in x-ray crystallographic studies and chemistry from UCLA.

Trivia

She was the first mother to ever fly into space.

Family Life

She divorced her husband William F. Fisher who she had two children with.

Associated With

She was a female astronaut like Sally Ride.