http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/womens-place-in-space/ Wed, 15 May 2013 19:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/womens-place-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-55590 Rachel and her mom, Victoria Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:17:24 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=1632#comment-55590 Rachel (8 years old) picked Sally to be her “most important person from history” for a school project. She will get to dress up as Sally and inform parents/classmates about Sally’s amazing life. The above was inspiration. Rachel thinks she wants to be a scientist and follow in the footsteps of these amazing women.

]]> http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/womens-place-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Anna Leahy Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:41:18 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=1632#comment-1514 What a great story to recognize the role of women in space exploration, including Valentina Tereshkova twenty years earlier. That it’s no longer noteworthy that a woman flies on the Shuttle is indeed an accomplishment.

]]> http://blog.nasm.si.edu/history/womens-place-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Isabel Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:11:52 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=1632#comment-1503 Great post! All of us who grew up in the 70s & 80s remember how incredibly proud we were to see these women & how our parents reminded us to finish our math homework if we ever wanted to be like them

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