Anna Fisher, American Astronaut

 

NASA introduced its first class of space shuttle astronauts in January of 1978; the last of those 35 astronauts leaves the agency today.  Dr. Anna Fisher, who earned a historic note as the first mother to fly in space in 1984, is retiring from NASA after a career that stretched from the beginnings of the space shuttle program through International Space Station and into the design of the Orion spacecraft.  She talks about some of the highlights of those years, and her hopes for the future of America’s human space exploration program.