Women Spacefarers

1. Valentina Tereshkova: The Icon of Soviet Female Emancipation
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2. Svetlana Savitskaya: Twice in Space—The Second Soviet First
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3. Sally Ride: America’s Pioneering Woman in Space
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4. Judith Resnik: The Second “Shuttlenaut”
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5. Christa McAuliffe: “NASA Teacher in Space”
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6. Kathryn D. Sullivan: The First American Spacewalker
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7. Anna Lee Fisher: The First Mother in Space
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8. Margaret Rhea Seddon: The First Wedding Among NASA Astronauts
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9. Shannon Lucid: The First American Woman to Participate in a Long-Duration Mission
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10. Bonnie J. Dunbar: The First Female Astrocosmonaut in History
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11. Mary L. Cleave: Flying at Age 14
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12. Ellen Baker: An Internist Physician on the Shuttle
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13. Kathryn Thornton: The “Space Walker Mom”
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14. Marsha Ivins: Aspiring Astronaut at 19
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15. Linda M. Godwin: Physics and Astronomy
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16. Helen Sharman: The First Briton in Space
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17. Tamara Jernigan: An Astrophysicist Out Among the Stars
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18. Millie Hughes-Fulford: The First Female Payload Specialist
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19. Roberta Bondar: The Pioneer of Space-Medicine Research
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20. Nancy Jan Davis: Growing Up with the Saturn Rockets
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21. Mae Jemison: Our Limits Are the Stars
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22. Susan J. Helms: Three-Star General
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23. Ellen Ochoa: “Reach for the Stars and Let Nothing Limit Your Potential!”
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24. Janice Voss: Visits the International Space Station as a Cygnus Craft
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25. Nancy Currie-Gregg: A Passion for Flying and Concern for Safety
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26. Chiaki Mukai: The First Japanese Astronaut
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27. Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission
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28. Eileen Collins: The First Woman “Shuttlenaut” in the Driver’s Seat
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29. Wendy Lawrence: The First Woman Astronaut of the US Navy
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30. Mary E. Weber: From Skydiving to Stellar Strategies
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31. Cady Coleman: The Colonel Playing the Flute in Space
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32. Claudie Haigneré: The First European Space Agency Female Astronaut
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33. Susan Still Kilrain: The Second Woman to Ever Pilot the Shuttle
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34. Kalpana Chawla: The Regret of Not Officially Visiting Her Native Country
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35. Kathryn Hire: The First American Woman Assigned to a Combat Aircrew
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36. Janet Kavandi: The Rewards of Perseverance and Tenacity
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37. Julie Payette: “To Assemble a Ship in the Ocean During a Storm”
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38. Pamela Melroy, the Second and Last Woman to Command a Shuttle
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39. Peggy Whitson: The First Woman Commander of the International Space Station
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40. Sandra Magnus: Soaring to New Heights
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41. Laurel B. Clark: From Deep Oceans to the Stars
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42. Stephanie Wilson: “Madam Robotics Expert”
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43. Lisa Nowak: The First Woman Astronaut Ever Dismissed from NASA
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44. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper: From Diver to Astronaut
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45. Anousheh Ansari: The First Iranian Spacewoman
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46. Sunita Williams: A Marathon Runner in Space
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47. Joan Higginbotham: An Unplanned Adventure
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48. Tracy Dyson: The Lead Vocalist for the All-Astronaut Band Max Q

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49. Barbara Morgan: “I’ll Fly with the Eyes, Ears, the Heart and Mind of a Teacher”
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50. Yi So-Yeon: Korean “Spaceflight Participant”
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51. Karen Nyberg: The Marathoner Engineer Who Competes with the Space Station
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52. Megan McArthur: An Aerospace Engineer Riding a Pedal-Powered Submarine
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53. Nicole Stott: A Steady Flying Passion
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54. Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger: From Space Camp to Space Station
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55. Naoko Yamazaki: Astronaut for 4088 Days
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56. Shannon Walker: The First Native Houstonian Astronaut to Fly into Space with Russians
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57. Liu Yang: The First Female Taikonaut
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58. Wang Yaping: A Live Lesson from the “Heavenly Palace”
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59. Elena Serova: The First Russian Woman Cosmonaut on the International Space Station
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60. Samantha Cristoforetti: A New Record for Endurance in Space for a Woman
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Keywords: Popular Science, Popular Science in Technology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Gender Studies