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Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut

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Shannon Lucid

American biochemist and astronaut (born 1943)

Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, Lucid held…
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January 14

Day of the year

January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 351 days remain until the end of the year.
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