Women In Space: A history of pioneer ladies

Women played very crucial role in the history of human space flight mission. Around 65 female astronaut travelled to space till now. Let’s know about some famous women pioneered to the journey of space exploration.

Valentina Tereshkova:

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Valentina Tereshkova, created a history in the year 1963 and she was a soviet astronaut honoured for first and youngest woman on space. 

Journey of women in space begins at that time though very often men are chosen significantly for a distinct space flight mission. On 16^th June 1963, She flew to space and spent almost 3 days in space in a solo space mission named Vostok 6.

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

 Svetlana Savitskaya: 

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After 19 years of 1^st women Cosmonaut and aviator Svetlana Savitskaya became the second women to travel to space. She was also from Soviet Union. In the year 1982, she walked her flight to space and she spent around 19 days in space. On her 1984 mission, she became the first women to fly to space twice and the first lady to perform spacewalk.

Mae Jemison:

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In 1956, Mae Jemison, an American engineer also former astronaut of NASA was the first black woman in space. As a space shuttle instructor, she was selected for the mission STS-47 for which she orbited Earth for around eight days (12-20 september) in 1992.

Don’t let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity or your curiosity. It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

Kalpana Chawala:

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Kalpana Chawala, first female astronaut of India. With dream of becoming an astronaut and with support of her father, she accordingly moved to U.S. and after completing education she joined NASA as a researcher. She also worked with spaceX and Blue Origin like companies and eventually selected for beginning her journey as an astronaut. She travelled to space to space two times.

 Her first flight was became successful but on 1^st Feb 2003, during second flight due to explosion in space shuttle, she died with her six companion. STS-87 was her first space flight mission and the 28^th mission of Columbia; STS-107 was her second flight.

When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.

Sally Ride: 

 

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The first female of America to fly in space was Sally Ride. After completing her phd in physics, she simultaneously selected by NASA as an astronaut.

 In 1978, she was selected in NASA Astronaut Group 8. She worked as mission specialists, capsule communicator. In 1983, she was a crew member for STS-7 space shuttle mission. She flew her second flight STS-41G in 1984 for which she spent 343 hours in space.

Our future lies with today’s kids and tomorrow’s space exploration.

Eileen Collins: 

 

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Eileen Collins, A NASA astronaut was the first woman pilot of space shuttle. In the year 1990, she was joined as a pilot in NASA, became a pilot in 1995 and in the year 1999, she became the first female commaner to command the space shuttle as a pilot. She was a commander of mission STS-93.

We want to explore. We are curious people. Look back over history, people have put their lives at stake to go out and explore…. 

We believe in what we are doing. Now it’s time to go.

Peggy Whitson:

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U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, was the first woman to command International Space Station. She has a record of reaching orbit as an oldest women astronaut. She has a record of spending more than 534 days in space.

The future of the world may well depend upon our desire to achieve and courage to explore.

Women like above famous personality broke all life barriers, follow their path believing in their dreams, finally achieved the success they want in life. They all contributed many observations and achievements in the era of space exploration and inspired everybody to believe and live the life we ever emagined!!