NAME:  Shannon W. Lucid (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born January 14, 1943, in Shanghai, China, but considers
Bethany, Oklahoma, to be her hometown.  Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O.
Wells, reside in Bethany.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; blue eyes; 5 feet 9 inches; 150 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Bethany High School, Bethany, Oklahoma, in 1960;
received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from the University of
Oklahoma in 1963, and master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in
biochemistry from the University of Oklahoma in 1970 and 1973, respectively.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to Michael F. Lucid of Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
CHILDREN:  Kawai Dawn, September 19, 1968; Shandara Michelle, January 13, 1970;
and Michael Kermit, August 22, 1975.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  She enjoys flying, camping, hiking, and reading.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Dr. Lucid's experience includes a variety of academic assignments,
such as teaching assistant at the University of Oklahoma's Department of
Chemistry from 1963 to 1964; senior laboratory technician at the Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation from 1964-1966; chemist at Kerr-McGee, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, 1966-1968; graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma
Health Science Center's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from
1969 to 1973; and research associate with the Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, from 1974 until her selection to the
astronaut candidate training program.
 
Dr. Lucid is a commercial, instrument, and multi-engine rated pilot.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Selected by NASA in January 1978, Dr. Lucid became an
astronaut in August 1979.  She is qualified for assignment as a mission
specialist on future Space Shuttle flight crews.  Some of her technical
assignments have included:  the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL);
the Flight Software Laboratory, in Downey, California, working with the
rendezvous and proximity operations group; Astronaut Office interface at
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, participating in payload testing, Shuttle
testing, and launch countdowns spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in the JSC
Mission Control Center during numerous Space Shuttle missions.  She has also
served as Chief of Mission Support, and as Chief of Astronaut Appearances.  A
veteran of three space flights, Dr. Lucid served as a mission specialist on STS
51-G in 1985, on STS-34 in 1989, and more recently on STS-43 in 1991.
 
On her first mission Dr. Lucid was a crew member on STS 51-G, which launched
from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 17, 1985.  During the mission
the crew deployed communications satellites for Mexico (Morelos), the Arab
League (Arabsat), and the United States (AT&T Telstar).  They used the Remote
Manipulator System (RMS) to deploy and later retrieve the SPARTAN satellite
which performed 17 hours of x-ray astronomy experiments while separated from
the Space Shuttle.  In addition, the crew activated the Automated Directional
Solidification Furnace (ADSF), six Getaway Specials, and participated in
biomedical experiments.   Following 112 orbits of the earth in 169 hours and 39
seconds, STS 51-G Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on
June 24, 1985.
 
Dr. Lucid again flew on the crew of STS-34, aboard the Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis
which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and
landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989.  During 79
orbits of the earth crew members successfully deployed the Galileo spacecraft
on its journey to explore Jupiter, operated the Shuttle Solar Backscatter
Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV) to map atmospheric ozone, and performed numerous
secondary experiments involving radiation measurements, polymer morphology,
lightning research, microgravity effects on plants, and a student experiment on
ice crystal growth in space.  Mission duration 119 hours and 41 minutes.
 
More recently, Dr. Lucid was a crew member on STS-43 on board the Orbiter
Atlantis.  The nine-day mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center,
Florida, on August 2, 1991. During the flight crew members deployed the fifth
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), in addition to conducting 32
physical, material, and life science experiments, mostly relating to the
Extended Duration Orbiter and Space Station Freedom.  After 142 orbits of the
earth in 213 hours, the mission concluded with a landing on Runway 15 at the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 11, 1991.
 
With the completion of her third space mission, Dr. Lucid has logged over 502
hours in space.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Dr. Lucid will serve as a mission specialist on STS-58,
the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 mission now scheduled for the Summer of 1993.
 
FEBRUARY 1992