One of NASA’s biggest overachievers is in the country recognising 50 years since the moon landing.

In 1978 Dr Anna Fisher was a member of the first NASA class to include woman.  Five years later, while eight and a half months pregnant with her daughter Kristin she was asked to go into space and a year later in 1984, she realised her dream.  She became one of the first female astronauts and the first Mum to go into space.

Her role at NASA has seen her work on the Space Shuttle Program, the International Space Station and the Orion capsule that is being developed for NASA’s future Space Launch System.  She was also involved in designing the first space suit for woman.

Dr Fisher is in the country, where she’s been involved in lectures talking about the importance of woman in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths.  She joins Andrew Dickens to talk her amazing career and what the future holds for space exploration.