Tags: Astronaut.
Susan Jane Helms (born February 26 1958) is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. She was the commander 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic); and commander Joint Functional Component Command for Space at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. 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.
