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Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission on Mir Space Station
NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid spent six months aboard the Russian space station Mir, conducting experiments including growing wheat in the Svet greenhouse.
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Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and wo
2026-09-23 16:03 UTC