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Blue Origin's all-woman space flight made history, but not in the way it's promoting
(Blue Origin) Terrible things are always happening on Earth, regardless of the strides made in space travel. Watching Mae Jamison become the first Black woman to go to space aboard the shuttle ...
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Women in space: An international timeline of their milestones to the stars and back
Out of over 600 people who have traveled to space, only 100 have been women. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space. Kellie Gerardi became the 90th woman to launch ...
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RETRO FIND: Sally Ride, first American woman in space, inspired generations to reach for the stars
Two months ago, Sally Ride was literally in the clouds as the first American woman in space, but ever since she and the crew from the Space shuttle Challenger touched down, Sally Ride has been ...
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‘Spacewoman’ Doc About First Woman to Command a Space Shuttle Mission Screens at CPH:DOX While NASA Axes Pledge to Land a Woman on the Moon
She became a pilot and then the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle through sheer willpower. Alongside all that was the complex emotional journey for her own family. It was this ...
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NASA website removes 'First Woman' graphic novel — but here's where you can still find it
The interactive female astronaut series was created to inspire a new generation of space explorers. In 2021, NASA released a fictional graphic novel about a pioneering astronaut who becomes the ...