Shannon Lucid

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On January 14,1943 in Shanghai, China Shannon Lucid was born. In

1960 Shannon graduated from Bethany High School. Shannon Lucid
was given a Congressional Space Medal of Honor given to her by the
President of the United States. In August 1979 she became an
astronaut. Astronaut Lucid did many explorations missions. Shannon
Lucid went on missions where they launched satellites and she lived
on the Mir Space Station for six months. Even though Shannon was
not an American citizen she did many sensational favors for NASA.