Anna Lee Fisher

• STS -51 -A ( 1984)

Anna Lee Tingle Fisher ( born August 24, 1949 in New York City, New York State, United States) is an American astronaut.

Fisher received a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1971 and 1976, a doctorate in medicine. In 1987 she received a master's degree in chemistry. All statements she received from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Astronauts activity

Fisher was selected in January 1978 as a trainee astronauts from NASA. After training as a mission specialist, she was involved in the development and testing of various Space Shuttle systems. She worked as a physician in the rescue helicopters NASA and as Verbindungsspecherin ( CAPCOM ) for the STS- ninth

STS 41 -H

This mission should be carried out in September 1984 on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense or instead expose a TDRS satellites. Due to problems with the IUS upper stage, the mission was canceled. As the occupying Frederick Hauck, David Walker, Joseph Allen, Anna Fisher, Dale Gardner and payload specialists of the U.S. Air Force Gary Payton and Frank Casserino were nominated. As a replacement payload specialist Daryl Joseph was provided.

STS -51 -A

Your first space flight aboard Discovery Fisher graduated from 8 November to 16 November 1984. During mission STS -51 -A two satellites were exposed and captured two other satellites, again, the case of mission STS -41 - B on a had been exposed to low orbit. To capture the two satellites, two spacewalks were performed.

STS 61- H

The planned for June 1986 Columbia mission STS -61- H was canceled because of the Challenger disaster. It should have been exposed to a commercial communications satellite. The team would have been next to Anna Fisher from Michael Coats, John Blaha, James Buchli, Robert Springer, the British payload specialist Nigel Wood and the Indonesian payload specialist Pratiwi Sudarmono.

Ceremony, break and new tasks

The Bavarian city of Hof, from where Fisher's mother came originally, Fisher gave on March 12, 1985 Golden Ring of Honour of the city. From 1989 to 1996, Fisher took a break from NASA. Upon her return, she worked in the field of International Space Station ( ISS) from 1999 and was eventually head of the space station department. Later, she worked again in the shuttle Department. Fisher is the longest still active astronaut NASA.

Private

Anna Fisher was married to the former astronaut William Fisher and has two daughters with him.