March 24 - Astronaut Shannon Lucid Record Breaker and Hero

March 24th, 1996, U.S. astronaut Shannon Lucid transferred to the Russian space station Mir from the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis for a planned five-month stay. Lucid was the first female U.S. astronaut to live in a space station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices