Space · astronaut
Susan Helms
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
210 d 23 h
Spacewalks
1
8 h 56 m outside
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
26 Feb 1958First flight
13 Jan 1993Most recent flight
08 Mar 2001Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, she and Jim Voss conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the world record.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-102 | 08 Mar 2001 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-101 | 19 May 2000 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-78 | 20 Jun 1996 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-64 | 09 Sept 1994 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-54 | 13 Jan 1993 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026