Date of Birth	Born January 14, 1943, in Shanghai, China, but considers Bethany, Oklahoma, to be her hometown
Childhood / Family	She has a husband, Michael Lucid, and 3 kids.
Education	Graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, in 1960; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Oklahoma in 1963, and Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973
Occupation	Astronaut, Scientist, Biochemist, Health/Medical scientist, and a Biologist.
Space Training / Specialty	Mission Specialist
Contribution to Space Travel	She was the first woman to take 5 flights into space. First to spend 188 days on the Russian MIR space station. American astronaut who holds records for the longest duration stay in space by a woman and the longest stay in space by an American.
Space Missions	She was on the Discovery, Atlantis, Columbia, and lived on the Mir Space Station for 5 months.
Outside Activities	She enjoys flying, camping, hiking, and reading.
Interesting Fact(s)	Lucid was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996, the 10th astronaut to be given that honor Preformed a number of scientific experiments ranging from the atmospheric ozone, radiation, lightening, and did a student experiment on crystal growth in space.
Status	Retired
Images	Lucid was 1996, the 10th astronaut to be given that honor
Links	http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lucid.html http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=7391 http://www.space.com/peopleinterviews/linenger_mirsidebar_000512.html http://www.astronautix.com/astros/lucid.htm http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/people/bios/women/sl.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=101 http://gos.sbc.edu/l/lucid.html http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960927.html

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