MARQUETTE, MI— A former NASA astronaut has joined the advisory board of a Marquette company researching ways to eliminate space debris.
Dr. Anna Lee Fisher was the mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984 who operated robotic arms to salvage two malfunctioning satellites. She’s also a chemist and an emergency physician.
Fisher has been appointed to the formal advisory board for Kall Morris Incorporated. KMI has received contracts from the U.S. Space Force to research methods of removing space junk from Earth’s orbit.
KMI Director of Operations, Liza Fust, says Fisher has already contributed valuable assistance to the team, including a project launching to the International Space Station later this year.
Fisher says the problem of space debris is a very important issue that needs to be resolved.
