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Modern Day “Hidden Figure” Olympia LePoint On Escaping Poverty To Design & Launch Rockets for NASA

Modern Day “Hidden Figure” Olympia LePoint On Escaping Poverty To Design & Launch Rockets for NASA

We’ve all seen the movie ‘Hidden Figures’ and been inspired by the women whose powerful stories were largely erased from recent American history. Thankfully, we live in an era where […]

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New Data Shows Less Than 11% Of People Who Have Visited Space Are Women

New Data Shows Less Than 11% Of People Who Have Visited Space Are Women

It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in various sectors from politics and banking to engineering and computing, but what about when it comes to space exploration? In 1963 Valentina […]

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Hidden Figures No More: These Women Have Been Chose To Lead Important NASA Missions

Hidden Figures No More: These Women Have Been Chose To Lead Important NASA Missions

If you haven’t seen the film ‘Hidden Figures’, starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae as three pioneer black female scientists and computer programmers who worked at NASA […]

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Meet Astronaut Kate Rubins – Ground-Breaking Virus Hunter Testing DNA Sequencing In Space

Meet Astronaut Kate Rubins – Ground-Breaking Virus Hunter Testing DNA Sequencing In Space

This is what an astronaut looks like. More accurately, this is what the very first virus hunter astronaut in space looks like! Meet American astronaut Kate Rubins, who is part […]

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For The First Time In History NASA’s Astronaut Class Is 50% Female & They’re Training To Go To Mars

For The First Time In History NASA’s Astronaut Class Is 50% Female & They’re Training To Go To Mars

It was 38 years ago that NASA hired its first female astronauts. In 1978, six female candidates included Sally Ride, America’s first woman to enter space. Fast forward nearly 40 […]

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NASA Launches Datanauts Corps Program To Encourage More Women To Join Their Astronaut Program

NASA Launches Datanauts Corps Program To Encourage More Women To Join Their Astronaut Program

There are many programs, campaigns and initiatives to close the gender gap in STEM today (science, tech, engineering and math). Google, Microsoft, Apple and many other large companies as well […]