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Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard MirNASA History Office
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Sep 23, 2026 Image ArticleShannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir
Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and worked alongside two Russian cosmonauts conducting life science studies and other experiments in microgravity.