Millie Hughes-Fulford

Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford (December 21, 1945 – February 2, 2021) was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist, and NASA payload specialist. She flew aboard the NASA Space Shuttle "Columbia" in 1991. She was the first female payload specialist in space. Hughes-Fulford was born in Mineral Wells, Texas.
Hughes-Fulford died on February 2, 2021 in San Francisco, California from lymphoma at the age of 75.