The US Embassy in Cyprus has announced that retired NASA Astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher is coming to Cyprus.
Dr. Fisher’s visit will be part of the US Embassy’s celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
This announcement was published through the embassy’s Twitter account on the 27th of November.
We’re excited to announce retired NASA Astronaut Dr. Anna Fisher is coming to Cyprus — She’ll be with us Dec. 5 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing!! 👩🚀🌕🚀 We’re opening this event is open to the public, so mark you calendars and come to be inspired. pic.twitter.com/o4hlHNAUBw
— U.S. Embassy Cyprus (@USEmbassyCyprus) November 27, 2019
A few facts about Dr. Fisher
Dr. Fisher is notable for becoming the first mother in space in 1984. Some of Dr. Fischer’s early assignments also include the following:
- The development and testing of the Canadarm Remote Manipulator System (RMS) – commonly called the shuttle’s “robotic arm”
- Contributing to the design of spacesuits tailored to fit women (called extra-small Extravehicular Mobility Units, or EMUs)
- The development and testing of payload bay door contingency spacewalk procedures, and contingency repair procedures
- Verification of flight software at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL) – in that capacity she reviewed test requirements and procedures for ascent, on-orbit, and RMS software verification – and served as a crew evaluator for verification and development testing for STS-2, STS-3 and STS-4.
Event details
The event will take place at the Nicosia Municipal Theater on December 5th, 2019. The event is scheduled to start at 19:00 and finish at 21:00.
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