Millie Hughes-Fulford | |
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Born | Millie Elizabeth Hughes[1] December 21, 1945 Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S. |
Died | February 2, 2021 Mill Valley, California, U.S. | (aged 75)
Alma mater | Tarleton State University (B.S.), 1968 Texas Woman's University (Ph.D.), 1972 |
Occupation | Chemist |
Space career | |
VA payload specialist | |
Time in space | 9 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes |
Selection | January 1983 |
Missions | STS-40 |
Mission insignia | ![]() |
Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford (née Hughes; December 21, 1945 – February 2, 2021) was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and payload specialist who flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1991.[2]