Sixteen years ago today, Yi So-Yeon became the first Korean astronaut to travel to space.
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Peggy Whitson always wanted to be an astronaut and she achieved her dream, becoming the first woman to command the ISS.
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Dr. Laurel Clark was a decorated Navy medic before she became an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger which killed its seven crew members including mission specialist Judith Resnik.
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Roberta Bondar was both the first neurologist and the first Canadian woman in space.
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Astronaut Susan Helms holds a record for the longest spacewalk at 8 hours and 56 minutes. Learn more about her NASA career in today’s episode. Image: Wikimedia.
