Honors

The recipient of numerous awards, Shannon most recently was awarded the congressional Space Medal of Honor by the President of the United States. She is the first and only woman to earn this award. Shannon was also awarded the Order of Friendship Medal by Russian President Boris Yeltsin. This is one of the highest Russian wawards and the hightest award that can be presented to a non-citizen.

Shannon currently holds the United States single mission space flight endurance record on the Russian Space Station Mir.

Works Citied:

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/women/bios/sl.html

Picture:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/presrep96/Presrp96/ch2x.htm

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