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Similarly, women from Canada, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program. A span of one year separated the first and second American women in space, [4] as well as the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10. [5]
In 2021, Gerardi partnered with NASA to host the first all-female episode of NASA Science Live during Women's History Month. [34] In 2020, Mango Publishing published her first book, Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide To Life in the Space Age. [35] [4] [36] She has also created children's books about space called Luna Muna. [37]
Alyssa Carson (born March 10, 2001) is an American social media influencer and space enthusiast known for her ambition from a young age to be the first person on Mars.She has attended numerous space camps and has visited every NASA visitor center.
West Virginia native Emily Calandrelli becomes 100th woman in space. WBOY Clarksburg. Sam Kirk. November 22, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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Calandrelli is known as "The Space Gal" online. [18] She has given presentations at Google, Pixar, MIT, Texas Instruments, and K-12 schools and universities across the United States. [19] She was invited by the White House to perform educational science experiments at the Easter Egg Roll in 2023 and 2024. [20] [21]
Gazing out the window of a rocket at Earth’s glistening blue perimeter, Emily Calandrelli’s mind was likely far from away from the trolls that inhabit the internet on this planet.
Soviet Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, launched in 1963 aboard the Soviet Vostok 6. The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a textile factory worker who was an avid amateur parachutist, as parachuting was necessary for the Earth landing which was made outside the reentry capsule. [18]