Just a quick note to celebrate this historic milestone. After gathering data and stories for five years, I am now proud to say the first 1,000 women have been posted to this website, where their stories will live on forever. We have seen criminals, victims, scientists, mathematicians, lawyers, advocates, survivors, artists, musicians, actresses, innkeepers, warriors,…
Tag: Women in Space
700) Peggy Whitson
700: Peggy Whitson Oldest Female Astronaut in Space to Date Born: 9 February 1960, Mount Ayr, Iowa, United States of America Peggy went up for the final time at the age of fifty-six. She is also a biochemistry researcher. Peggy also holds the United States record for longest cumulative time in space (665 days). She…
19) Mae C Jemison
19) Mae C Jemison Yes, you can buy her Lego mini figurine and it’s so cute!! Born: 17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, United States of America Astronaut known for being the first African American woman to ever go to space. She is fluent in English, Swahili, Russian, and Japanese. Mae is the youngest of three…
18) Sally Ride
18) Sally Ride The First American Woman to Go to Space Born: 26 May 1851, Encino, California, United States of America Died: 23 July 2012, La Jolla, California, United States of America The first American woman to become an astronaut after entering space in 1983 aboard the space shuttle Challenger working as a mission specialist….
16) Valentina Tereshkova
16) Valentina Tereshkova The First Woman to Ever Go to Space (And the Youngest) Born: 6 March 1937, Bolshoye, Soviet Union (Present-day Russia) Cosmonaut and the first woman to ever go to space; in 1963 she orbited the Earth forty-eight times and spent approximately seventy hours in space. Valentina didn’t have much formal schooling and…