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Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Fisher was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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One of the first female NASA astronauts to be 2019 college commencement speaker

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One of NASA’s first female astronauts will speak at UCLA’s commencement ceremony June 14. Anna Lee Fisher, a three-time UCLA graduate, was part of NASA’s first astronaut class to include women, as well as the first mother in space.

https://dailybruin.com/2019/05/15/one-of-the-first-female-nasa-astronauts-to-be-2019-college-commencement-speaker/

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One of the first female NASA astronauts to be 2019 college commencement speaker

By Julia Shapero

May 15, 2019 7:07 p.m.