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numenskog · 2 months

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Mission specialist Commander Ilva Hedlund, in rescue mission in Quantum 3C to rescue a stranded officer

#AWayHome #DigitalArt #conceptart #SciFi #Pilot #WomenInSpace #cartoon #astronaut #artistworkout #sciencefiction #scifiart

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womeninspace · 1 year

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Meet Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, the Artemis 1 launch director. Charlie is the first female launch director at NASA and is overseeing the launches that will bring women to the moon.

As a child she already looked up to the Saturn V launches, but she never considered an engineering career until her high school teacher encouraged her. After studying computer engineering, she visited the control room for the first time at a job interview, and she knew she wanted to work there.

She didn't start at NASA immediately, but started working at Boeing in 1988. In 2004 she made the move to NASA to work on the Space Shuttle program. In 2016 she became launch director, the first woman in that position.

Photo Source: NASA/Joel Kowsky

#Space #NASA #spaceflight #artemis #Charlie #Blackwell-Thompson #Saturn #charlie blackwell thompson #Charlie blackwell-thompson #womeninspace #human spaceflight

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gkonboard · 7 months

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@gkjungle ISRO Chairman, S Somanath, recently unveiled his wish list, which includes a greater representation of women in India's space missions.

#ISRO #SpaceExploration #WomenInSpace #GaganyaanMission #SumanSomanath #IndianSpaceAgency #SpaceMissionNews #HumanoidInSpace #IndiaInSpace #FutureOfSpace #WomensRoleInScience #AmbitiousMissions #ExploringTheUnknown #ISROUpdates #SpaceInnovation #incredibleindia

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jfhwfh · 2 years

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Sarla Thukral, the First Indian Women Aircraft Pilot

Sarla Thukral-the iconic image of this saree-clad woman by the two-seater aircraft Gypsy Moth still evokes inspiration among millions of women to take to flying. Her feat of flying a plane during the pre-independence times was not only a courageous act but broke many a patriarchal glass ceiling, at that time.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/3BDQOJt

inspiration #aircraft #firstindianwomen #womenempowerment #womeninspace #women #dedication #indianaerospace

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theskepticssociety · 2 years

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@science-junkie @scienceandfood @scienceisbeauty @scientificillustration @sci @scientiflix @scientificphilosopher @scientificpokedex @scientific-women @womeninstem @womeninspace @womeninscienceawareness @spaceexp @astrophysics-daily @sciencedaily-blog @sciencedailyreads-blog @sciencedailyreads-blog @sciencedailyrss @cosmosnetwork @jameswebberstuff @factsinallcaps @sciencenews @sciencenewsforstudents @sciencenews-daily @sciencesoup @sciencenewstoday @sciencenewsforyou @dailyscience @dailysciencejokes-blog @dailysciencething-blog @dailyscienceeducation @scienceeducationforfilipino-blog @scienceeducation-blog @nasa @spaceresearch2016 @chemicalxmiracles @physicsphysics @biology-is-lifeee @geologyrocks @psychology-daily @sciencehumour @physicsforbunnies @physicsbelike @physicsandchemistryrevision @chemistrymadeeasy @chemistry-official @biologylair @biologybutch

HEYY I've tagged a couple, okay a lot of accts. Consider signing up for the skeptics society!! Thank you. xxX

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abwwia · 2 years

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celebrating safe returned to Earth #OnThisDay of Valentina Tereshkova - The first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

With safe and successful landing on 19 June 1963 after 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth.

https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2022/06/16/1856/

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a member of the Russian State Duma, engineer, and former cosmonaut. via Wikipedia

#HerStory #WomeninSpace #FemaleCosmonaut #PalianShow #femalepioneers

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usnatarchives · 2 years

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MS Jernigan, MS Ochoa and MS Payette with National Women's Party banner, STS-96 Space Shuttle Discovery, 1999. NARA ID 23209923.

#OTD 1993: Ellen Ochoa is 1st Hispanic Woman in Space!

The three astronauts hold in space an original gold, white and purple suffrage banner from the National Woman's Party, borrowed from the Sewall-Belmont House in DC. Ochoa used it in a PSA from space!

Last chance to see THAT BANNER in our related exhibit in DC - Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote closes this Sunday, April 10. Can't make it? Check it out online! See related press release.

Archives Curator Corinne Porter, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero view original 19th Amendment. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for the National Archives).

#women's rights #women's history #hispanoamérica #nasa #womeninspace #stem #rightfullyhers #suffrage #women's suffrage

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lunarmoduleinfo · 3 years

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Some #FUNNY #Space 🌟 humor but #CONGRATS 🥳 to #JeffBezos #WallyFunk & entire #BlueOrigin team‼️💥🚀 #astronaut 👨‍🚀 #spacetravel #rocket #spaceexploration #spaceX #nasa 🇺🇸 #aerospaceengineering #starship #NewShepard #womeninspace #spacehistory #spacecraft #flight #pilot 👨‍✈️ #spacememe #spacepics #spacephotography #aviation ✈️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpxNFUji4h/?utm_medium=tumblr

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nasa · 5 years

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Women in Exploration: From Human Computers to All-Woman Spacewalks

Since the 19th century, women have been making strides in areas like coding, computing, programming and space travel, despite the challenges they have faced. Sally Ride joined NASA in 1983 and five years later she became the first female American astronaut. Ride's accomplishments paved the way for the dozens of other women who became astronauts, and the hundreds of thousands more who pursued careers in science and technology. Just last week, we celebrated our very first #AllWomanSpacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir.

Here are just a couple of examples of pioneers who brought us to where we are today:

The Conquest of the Sound Barrier

Pearl Young was hired in 1922 by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), NASA’s predecessor organization, to work at its Langley site in support in instrumentation, as one of the first women hired by the new agency. Women were also involved with the NACA at the Muroc site in California (now Armstrong Flight Research Center) to support flight research on advanced, high-speed aircraft. These women worked on the X-1 project, which became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound.

Young was the first woman hired as a technical employee and the second female physicist working for the federal government.

The Human Computers of Langley

The NACA hired five women in 1935 to form its first “computer pool”, because they were hardworking, “meticulous” and inexpensive. After the United States entered World War II, the NACA began actively recruiting similar types to meet the workload. These women did all the mathematical calculations – by hand – that desktop and mainframe computers do today.

Computers played a role in major projects ranging from World War II aircraft testing to transonic and supersonic flight research and the early space program. Women working as computers at Langley found that the job offered both challenges and opportunities. With limited options for promotion, computers had to prove that women could successfully do the work and then seek out their own opportunities for advancement.

Revolutionizing X-ray Astronomy

Marjorie Townsend was blazing trails from a very young age. She started college at age 15 and became the first woman to earn an engineering degree from the George Washington University when she graduated in 1951. At NASA, she became the first female spacecraft project manager, overseeing the development and 1970 launch of the UHURU satellite. The first satellite dedicated to x-ray astronomy, UHURU detected, surveyed and mapped celestial X-ray sources and gamma-ray emissions.

Women of Apollo

NASA’s mission to land a human on the Moon for the very first time took hundreds of thousands workers. These are some of the stories of the women who made our recent #Apollo50th anniversary possible:

• Margaret Hamilton led a NASA team of software engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and helped develop the flight software for NASA’s Apollo missions. She also coined the term “software engineering.” Her team’s groundbreaking work was perfect; there were no software glitches or bugs during the crewed Apollo missions.

• JoAnn Morgan was the only woman working in Mission Control when the Apollo 11 mission launched. She later accomplished many NASA “firsts” for women: NASA winner of a Sloan Fellowship, division chief, senior executive at the Kennedy Space Center and director of Safety and Mission Assurance at the agency.

• Judy Sullivan, was the first female engineer in the agency’s Spacecraft Operations organization, was the lead engineer for health and safety for Apollo 11, and the only woman helping Neil Armstrong suit up for flight.

Hidden Figures

Author Margot Lee Shetterly’s book – and subsequent movie – Hidden Figures, highlighted African-American women who provided instrumental support to the Apollo program, all behind the scenes.

• An alumna of the Langley computing pool, Mary Jackson was hired as the agency’s first African-American female engineer in 1958. She specialized in boundary layer effects on aerospace vehicles at supersonic speeds.

• An extraordinarily gifted student, Katherine Johnson skipped several grades and attended high school at age 13 on the campus of a historically black college. Johnson calculated trajectories, launch windows and emergency backup return paths for many flights, including Apollo 11.

• Christine Darden served as a “computress” for eight years until she approached her supervisor to ask why men, with the same educational background as her (a master of science in applied mathematics), were being hired as engineers. Impressed by her skills, her supervisor transferred her to the engineering section, where she was one of few female aerospace engineers at NASA Langley during that time.

Lovelace’s Woman in Space Program

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb was the among dozens of women recruited in 1960 by Dr. William Randolph "Randy" Lovelace II to undergo the same physical testing regimen used to help select NASA’s first astronauts as part of his privately funded Woman in Space Program.

Ultimately, thirteen women passed the same physical examinations that the Lovelace Foundation had developed for NASA’s astronaut selection process. They were: Jerrie Cobb, Myrtle "K" Cagle, Jan Dietrich, Marion Dietrich, Wally Funk, Jean Hixson, Irene Leverton, Sarah Gorelick, Jane B. Hart, Rhea Hurrle, Jerri Sloan, Gene Nora Stumbough, and Bernice Trimble Steadman. Though they were never officially affiliated with NASA, the media gave these women the unofficial nicknames “Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees” and the “Mercury Thirteen.”

The First Woman on the Moon

The early space program inspired a generation of scientists and engineers. Now, as we embark on our Artemis program to return humanity to the lunar surface by 2024, we have the opportunity to inspire a whole new generation. The prospect of sending the first woman to the Moon is an opportunity to influence the next age of women explorers and achievers.

This material was adapted from a paper written by Shanessa Jackson (Stellar Solutions, Inc.), Dr. Patricia Knezek (NASA), Mrs. Denise Silimon-Hill (Stellar Solutions), and Ms. Alexandra Cross (Stellar Solutions) and submitted to the 2019 International Astronautical Congress (IAC). For more information about IAC and how you can get involved, click here.

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gkonboard · 9 months

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Join us on an incredible journey towards the Sun as we celebrate the remarkable achievements of Project Director Nigar Shaji and the inspiring women of ISRO. Aditya-L1's mission is a testament to their dedication and groundbreaking work in space exploration. Discover the challenges they overcame, the milestones they achieved, and the legacy they're creating for future generations. Witness the power of women in science and technology as we take you behind the scenes of this extraordinary mission!

#AdityaL1 #ISRO #WomenInSpace #InspiringJourney #SunMission #NigarShaji #SpaceExploration #EmpoweringWomen #ISROAchievements #ScienceAndTechnology #SpacePioneers

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razcity · 1 year

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Another quick Space Woman sketch. Always love drawing these little scifi diddies. #penandink #brushandink #ink #inked #inkedup #inkdrawing #inkillustration #drawingoftheday #illustrationoftheday #draw #drawdaily #spacegirl #astronaut #scifi #cosmic #cosmicadventures #womeninspace #spaceship #popart #lowbrow #art #artwork #sketch #sketchdaily #sketchbook https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2TshkO7Q-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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pixoplanet · 3 years

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It's October 4th, the beginning of 🌌 #WorldSpaceWeek. The World Space Week Association (WSWA) sponsored the first “Spaceweek” in 1980 as a celebration of the first Moon Landing. In 1999, the United Nations officially declared October 4-10 of every year as “World Space Week” to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.

The 2021 theme of World Space Week is “Women in Space.” The goal is to bring more awareness to the issue of gender diversity in the space sector, identify obstacles that women are facing when entering space-related careers, and contribute to discussions on how we can overcome these challenges. According to reports, 20-22% of the entire space industry workforce consists of women. Women from different backgrounds and from different regions face different issues, and "Women in Space" aims to shed light on this difference.

#Space4Women is a project of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) to promote women's empowerment in space. To succeed in addressing the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we must ensure that the benefits of space reach women and girls and that women and girls play an active and equal role in space science, technology, innovation, and exploration. Beam me up, Scotty. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

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numenskog · 3 years

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"Let go, take flight Dreams begin to reignite So clear, so bright We're glowing in the dead of night Plug in, online The datastream linking our minds Circuits entwined We'll dream of Neo-Tokyo tonight" So much time in a spaceship leave you with plenty of time to game :D #android #transhuman #robot #androidgirl #robotgirl #girl #scifi #scifiart #cosmonaut #space #astronaut #metal #prosthetic #pilot #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart #artistworkout #conceptart #art #womeninspace #astronauta #explorer #astronaut #future #cartoon #spacewoman #spaceexplorer #spaceopera #fanart #draweveryday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfHMVdjIW8/?igshid=1ddh3zn97ro1t

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womeninspace · 4 years

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#ISP20 #ISU ISUonline JessicaMeir Jessica Meir astronaut live femaleastronaut womeninspace space #ISU #ISUonline #JessicaMeir #jessica #Meir #astronaut #humanspacefligt #spaceflight #womeninspace #space #femaleastronaut

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usnatarchives · 3 years

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Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Collins on middeck. NARA ID 23178677.

Collins on middeck on STS-63. NARA ID 23894155.

Taking it to the Stars: Eileen Collins

To celebrate Women’s History and Irish-American Heritage Months, we share archives tech Thomas Richardson's Pieces of History post.

Overview of flight deck with Collins in pilot's station, NARA ID 23132847.

Paperwork - even in space! NARA ID 23130737.

I think we’d have a better community on Earth if more people traveled in space. -- Eileen Collins Asked "what do you want to be when you grow up?" young Eileen Collins responded both a pilot and an astronaut.

I noticed all the astronauts were male, but that did not deter me. I assumed someday a woman would have an opportunity. It was not until I was in high school that I realized how difficult it actually was. Many women attempted to apply to the astronaut program, but because women were not allowed to fly as military pilots, they did not have the experience required for space. (from here).

She ignored skeptics and broke barriers in STEM. She had many "firsts" in her decades-long career with the Air Force and NASA, during which she logged more than 6,751 hours in 30 different types of aircraft and more than 872 hours in space:

1st first female Air Force flight instructor (1979).

One of the 1st women to attend Air Force Test Pilot School (graduated 1990)

1st female space shuttle pilot - 2/3/1995, flying the Discovery to the Russian Mir space station.

1st female space shuttle commander, 7/23/1999.

One of 1st tasters of Coke in zero gravity!

1st-ever to perform the "rendezvous pitch maneuver" (full 360° pitch nose-over-tail), on her last space flight as commander of the 2005 "Return to Flight” mission, the first since the Columbia disaster.

Collins cited the lasting impact of the first moon landing:

On the day of the first moon landing, July 20th, 1969, I was just a child, and I remember how inspiring the space program was to me. I especially admired the astronauts, not just the Apollo astronauts, but the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts. Remember, the Mercury program flew in the early 1960s, and then the Gemini program was kind of a bridge to the Apollo program. And all of those astronauts were a great inspiration to me; I wanted to be just like them. I wanted to learn how to fly, do well in school and math and science, and join the military, become an Air Force pilot, become a test pilot, and then lead into the astronaut program.-- Smithsonian interview

President Clinton with Lt. Col. Collins after her selection as the first woman space mission commander, 3/5/1998. NARA ID 183374036).

#nasa #womeninspace #stem #womenshistorymonth #space girl #space shuttle #history #science #flight #aerospace #usairforce

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bowlofprecious · 4 years

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Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations. ~Dr. Mae Jemison #HUGSlove #quotes #blackquotes #maejemison #drmaejemison #womeninspace #blackengineers #blackdoctors #blackwomen #canva https://www.instagram.com/p/CEP_SVnDTwS/?igshid=yu8pqgsr9c99

#hugslove #quotes #blackquotes #maejemison #drmaejemison #womeninspace #blackengineers #blackdoctors #blackwomen #canva

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