Anna Lee Fisher, born August 24, 1949 in New York City, went into space aboard Discovery (STS-51-A) as mission specialist in November 1984. She is the first mother to go into space and was married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher. She operated the Canadarm to successfully capture a satellite.
Fisher was scheduled to fly aboard STS-61-C but after the Challenger disaster, the mission was cancelled. She spent almost 8 days in space.
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