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Graduate
She is a 1967 graduate of San Pedro High School. -
University
She went on to receive a bachelor of science in Chemistry in 1971 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). -
Medicine degree
Fisher then stayed on at UCLA and started graduate school in chemistry in the field of x-ray crystallographic studies of metallocarbonanes. The following year she moved to the UCLA medical school and received her doctor of Medicine degree in 1976. -
Intership
She did an internship at Harbor General Hospital in Torrance, California, in 1977. -
Selected to astronaut
Fisher was selected as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. -
Mission
She completed her training and evaluation period, making her eligible for assignment as a mission specialist on space shuttle flight crews.
Following the one-year basic training program, Fisher's early NASA assignments (pre-STS-1 through STS-4) included the following:
·The development and testing of the Canadarm Remote Manipulator System (RMS) – commonly called the shuttle's "robotic arm"
·The development and testing of payload bay door contingency spacewalk procedures, the extra-small -
Family
With her husband, astronaut Dr. William Frederick Fisher, she had two daughters, Kristin Anne (b. July 29, 1983) and Kara Lynne (b. January 10, 1989) Dr. Fisher decided to take an extended leave 1988 to 1996 to raise her family. -
The mother of the space
in 1984 she became the first mother in space. -
She fly
She would eventually fly in late 1984 on STS-51-A aboard Discovery. The mission deployed two satellites, and recovered two others whose PAM kick motors failed to ignite. -
Mission specialist
Fisher was a mission specialist on STS-51A which launched November 8, 1984. She was accompanied by Frederick Hauck (spacecraft commander), David Walker (pilot) and fellow mission specialists Dr. Joseph Allen and Dale Gardner. With the completion of her flight, Fisher logged a total of 192 hours in space. Fisher became the first mother in space when she went up on STS-51-A. -
Specialize
She chose to specialize in emergency medicine and worked in several hospitals in the Los Angeles area. Fisher later went back to graduate school in chemistry and received a master of science in chemistry from UCLA in 1987. -
Astronaut selection
Fisher served on the Astronaut Selection Board for the 1987 class of astronauts -
Anna Lee Fisher
Anna Lee Tingle Fisher is an American chemist, emergency physician, and a NASA astronaut. -
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Anna Lee Fisher
Anna Lee Tingle Fisher is an American chemist, emergency physician, and a NASA astronaut. -
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Operation
When she first returned to the Astronaut Office, she was assigned to the Operations Planning Branch to work on the procedures and training issues in support of the International Space Station. She served as the Branch Chief of the Operations Planning Branch from June 1997-June 1998. -
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Operations
Following a reorganization of the Astronaut office, she was assigned as the Deputy for Operations/Training of the Space Station Branch from June 1998-June 1999. -
News
In 2012, she briefly made news when, during the landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery at Washington's Dulles Airport, where it was being retired to the Smithsonian Institution, she advised an aspiring astronaut to "study Russian". At least one commentator suggested this was a veiled criticism of the US government's lack of funding for the space program.