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Millie Hughes-Fulford, NASA's first female payload specialist in space, dies at 75 [i]The first American woman to launch into space who was not a professional astronaut but a working scientist, Millie Hughes-Fulford has died at the age of 75. Hughes-Fulford's death on Tuesday (Feb. 2) was confirmed on Thursday by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The San Francisco Chronicle reported that she died at her home in San Francisco, California, after a seven-year battle with lymphoma. "We are grateful for her research and advancements with her work in the life sciences. Please join us in expressing our sympathy to Millie's family and friends at this time," Caroline Schumacher, ASF president and chief executive officer, wrote in an email.[/i]
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