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==Space flight experience==

[[ImageImmagine:Helms.window.jpg|thumb|left|Helms views the topography of a point on Earth from the nadir window]]

Selected by NASA in January 1990, Helms became an astronaut in July 1991. She flew on [[STS-54]] (1993), [[STS-64]] (1994), [[STS-78]] (1996), [[STS-101]] (2000) and served aboard the [[International Space Station]] as a member of the ''ISS [[Expedition 2]]'' crew (2001). A veteran of five space flights, Helms has logged 5,064 hours in space, including an [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVA]] of 8 hours and 56 minutes (world record).

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[[STS-101]] ''[[Atlantis]]'', [[May 19]]-[[May 29|29]], [[2000]], was a mission dedicated to the delivery and repair of critical hardware for the International Space Station. Helms prime responsibilities during this mission were to perform critical repairs to extend the life of the Functional Cargo Block (FGB). In addition, she had prime responsibility of the onboard computer network and served as the mission specialist for rendezvous with the ISS. Mission duration was 9 days, 20 hours and 9 minutes.

[[ImageImmagine:Helms.node1.jpg|thumb|Flight Engineer Helms in [[Unity Module|Node 1]]]]

Helms lived and worked on board the International Space Station as a member of the second crew to inhabit the International Space Station Alpha. The ''[[Expedition 2]]'' crew (two American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut) launched on [[March 8]], [[2001]] on board [[STS-102]] ''Discovery'' and successfully docked with the station on [[March 9]], [[2001]]. The ''Expedition-2'' crew installed and conducted tests on the Canadian made Space Station Robotic arm (SSRMS), conducted internal and external maintenance tasks (Russian and American), in addition to medical and science experiments. During her stay on board the Space Station, Helms installed the Airlock (brought up on the [[STS-104]] mission) using the SSRM. She and her crewmates also performed a 'fly around' of the Russian ''[[Soyuz spacecraft|Soyuz]]'' spacecraft and welcomed the visiting Soyuz crew that included the first [[Space tourism|space tourist]], [[Dennis Tito]]. On [[March 11]] she performed a world record 8 hour and 56 minute space walk to install hardware to the external body of the laboratory module. Helms spent a total of 163 days aboard the Space Station. She returned to earth with the [[STS-105]] crew aboard ''Discovery'' on [[August 22]], [[2001]].