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18 paź 2019 · For the first time in our nation’s history, an all-female crew walked in space today. It’s more than historic—it’s a reminder that for women, even the sky doesn’t have to be the limit ...
23 sie 2017 · This year is the 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon. Here are a few things you might not have known about the women in science who helped men get there.
1 mar 2024 · As of March 2024, Whitson holds the record for the most cumulative spaceflight time for a woman as well as for any American astronaut – o er the course of three long-duration missions aboard the space station, she spent a total of 675 days or about 1.8 years in space.
12 lip 2022 · — Southern Ring nebula, which is sometimes called “eight-burst": Images show a dying star with a foamy edge of escaping gas. It's about 2,500 light-years away. A light-year is 5.8...
1 mar 2022 · Ten months later, on June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride made history by becoming the first American woman in space, spending seven days aboard the space shuttle Challenger during the STS-7 mission.
9 lip 2024 · For most space objects, we use light-years to describe their distance. A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles (9 trillion km). That is a 6 with 12 zeros behind it!
31 mar 2024 · Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach space in 1982 and, in 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to fly to space and experience the awe of Earthlight.
