Susan Helms
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-02-26
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, she and Jim Voss conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the world record.
