A portrait of Anna Lee Fisher

Anna Lee Fisher

Acting

Born

August 24, 1949

Place of Birth

Albany, New York, U.S.A.

Biography

Anna Lee Fisher (née Tingle; born August 24, 1949) is an American chemist, emergency physician and a former NASA astronaut. Formerly married to fellow astronaut Bill Fisher, and the mother of two children, in 1984, she became the first mother to fly in space. During her career at NASA, she was involved with three major programs: the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station and the Orion spacecraft.

The Filmography

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