Dr. Anna Lee Fisher joined the ranks of NASA’s Astronauts in November 1984 on the Space Shuttle Discovery. As part of the famously diverse NASA Class 8 chronicled in Meredith Bagby’s fascinating book The New Guys, Dr. Fisher became one of the first women & the first mother to fly in space. Her mission was pivotal, marking the first time that NASA captured malfunctioning satellites from orbit, returning them back to earth for repair. The mission had many challenges, requiring ingenuity from the crew to achieve their goals.

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