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| | Susan Helms |
 | | Helms was the first U.S. military woman in space in 1993, the first woman to inhabit the International Space Station in 2001 and she holds the world record, along with her crewmate Army Col. Jim Voss, for the longest space walk of eight hours and 56 minutes also in 2001. |
 | | The defining moment for Helms was during the test pilot school graduation, when guest speaker Col. Dick Covey, an astronaut, approached her and said, “I hope we see you in Houston some time.” He was referring to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, the home of astronaut training. |
 | | Helms and her ISS crewmates, Voss and Russian cosmonaut Yury Usachev, were the first mixed-gender crew to live together for six months. |
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