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The result was: promoted by RoySmith (talk) 21:12, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
... that when astronaut Shannon Lucid(pictured) returned to Earth after six months in orbit, she was presented with a box of M&M's? Source: Down to earth: after a record 188 days in space, Shannon Lucid was still standing. It was one large step for a woman, one small step for NASA's new breed of astronaut "Although the 53-year-old astronaut was 'wobbly and woozy,' according to David Leestma, NASA's director of flight-crew operations, she walked the 25 feet to the transporter, making up with pure grit what 188 days and 67,454,841 nautical miles in space had wrung out of her in muscle and bone strength. 'She's in great shape,' exulted NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin. He met Lucid in the crew transporter with a huge gold-wrapped box of M&M's from President Clinton (during her six months on the Russian space station Mir, Lucid issued more SOS's for M&M's than a castaway for a rescue ship)."
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Article was promoted to GA status within the required timeframe. It is well-sourced with inline citations being used throughout the article and the article coverage being neutral. Hook is interesting and stated in the article prose with a source backing it up. QPQ has been done. Good to go! Aria1561 (talk) 03:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
@Hawkeye7 and Aria1561: any chance I could get a hook on "Lucid issued more SOS's for M&M's than a castaway for a rescue ship"? Is that true? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/her) 21:22, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
The source is here. It's hyperbolic of course. She just asked for them a lot. I would have to add it to the article. Hawkeye7(discuss) 00:46, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
Article was promoted to GA status within the required timeframe. It is well-sourced with inline citations being used throughout the article and the article coverage being neutral. Hook is interesting and stated in the article prose with a source backing it up. QPQ has been done. Good to go! Aria1561 (talk) 03:56, 9 October 2022 (UTC)