Episode 023 – First Mom – Anna Fisher

Episode Summary

 Anna Fisher is one of the first women chosen by NASA to become astronauts. She flew on STS-51A, one of the most technically demanding missions in the Space Shuttle program. She also helped develop the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft that will return astronauts to the Moon. In this episode of The Launch Pad Space Podcast, host Paul Ring talks to Anna Fisher about her career and her contributions over 40 years to NASA’s human space exploration program.

Show Notes

Anna Fisher

1978 Astronaut Class

Harbor UCLA Medical Center

Space Shuttle

Christopher C. Kraft Jr.

Challenger Disaster

STS-51A

Rick Hauck

Lloyd’s of London

International Space Station (ISS)

Columbia Disaster

Orion

The New Guys

Meredith Bagby

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