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The role of women in and affiliated with NASA has varied over time. As early as 1922 women were working as physicists and in other technical positions. [1] Throughout the 1930s to the present, more women joined the NASA teams not only at Langley Memorial, but at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Glenn Research Center, and other numerous NASA sites throughout the United States. [2]
Apollo 8 was the second crewed Apollo spacecraft and became the first crewed mission to ever leave Earth orbit. It successfully reached the Moon, orbited it and then returned to Earth safely on December 27, 1968. [2] [10] [4] [11] Northcutt continued working with TRW and NASA for several more years, working NASA missions such as Apollo 13.
Katherine Johnson Johnson in 1983 Born Creola Katherine Coleman (1918-08-26) August 26, 1918 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, U.S. Died February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24) (aged 101) Newport News, Virginia, U.S. Other names Katherine Goble Education West Virginia State University (BS) Occupation Mathematician Employers NACA NASA (1953–1986) Known for Calculating trajectories for NASA ...
It took about a decade for a longer list of names — all humans — to jump-start the ranks of women sent into space by NASA, thanks to a major recruiting effort. “We had the civil rights movement.
Katya Celeste Echazarreta González [1] (born June 15, 1995) is a Mexican electrical engineer, science communicator, and Citizen Astronaut.She became the first Mexican-born woman in space as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program, launched June 4, 2022.
Christina Koch (/ k ʊ k / COOK; née Hammock; born January 29, 1979) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut of the class of 2013. [1] [2] She received Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering and physics and a Master of Science in electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. [3]
When you think back to the moon landing you think of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But, like they say, behind every great man is a great woman.
Name Birth date Country Comment Missions (launch date) 1 Valentina Tereshkova Mar. 6, 1937 Soviet Union: First woman in space. Only woman to make a solo spaceflight. Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963) [6] 2 Svetlana Savitskaya Aug. 8, 1948 Soviet Union: First woman to fly on a space station (Salyut 7, 1982). First woman to perform a spacewalk (Jul. 25 ...