Susan Helms

Susan Helms (born February 26, 1958, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.) is a U.S. astronaut and Air Force officer who was the first U.S. military woman in space (1993) and, with astronaut James Voss, performed the longest space walk (2001). Helms received a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1980 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. From 1980 to 1984 she worked as a weapons...