Tag: NASA Women Astronauts
Anna Fisher: Astronaut, Physician (and Rock Band Icon?)
Anna Fisher is an emergency physician, a Shuttle flight veteran, and the longest serving American astronaut. And one photo of her has gone viral!
Astronaut Rhea Seddon: The First Female Surgeon In Space
On Rhea Seddon's Space Shuttle flights her training as a medical doctor was pivotal.
Eileen Collins: The First Woman Space Shuttle Commander
With the launch of Columbia on July 23, 1999, Eileen Collins became the first woman astronaut assigned Commander of a Space Shuttle mission.
The Mercury 13: NASA’s Secret Women Astronauts in 1961?
In 1961, 13 exceptionally experienced women aviators performed well in tests developed for NASA astronauts. None of them were selected as astronauts.
Sally Ride: First American Woman In Space
Sally Ride was one of the first six women NASA astronauts in 1978. All six made it into space.