Millie Hughes-Fulford, astronaut and UCSF scientist, dies at 75
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Millie Hughes-Fulford, astronaut and scientist in San Francisco, went into orbit in 1991 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.NASAShow MoreShow Less
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The crew of the Columbia enjoying weightlessness. Millie Hughes-Fulford is in back, to the right.NASAShow MoreShow Less
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Millie Hughes-Fulford took leave as a UCSF professor to be a astronaut and researcher on board the Columbia Space Shuttle in 1991.NASAShow MoreShow Less
In 1984, UCSF research professor Millie Hughes-Fulford took a leave from that position and left her Mill Valley home for Houston so she could become an astronaut and work on the Spacelab, a laboratory in Space Shuttle Columbia.