Shannon Lucid

Shannon Lucid is a retired American astronaut and biochemist who flew on five space missions and holds the record for the longest duration spent in space by a woman.

"I was really desperate. I don't know if you can remember back that far, but when I went to graduate school they didn't want females in graduate school. They were very open about it. They didn't mince their words. But then I got in and I got my degree."

Shannon Lucid