Dr. Christine Darden has said of her success as an engineer at NASA, “I was able to stand on the shoulders of those women who came before me, and women who came after me were able to stand on mine.”
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Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig has used her expertise in climatology to help study the impact of climate change on agriculture and cities.
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Dr. Yvonne Pendleton has spent her career helping us to understand our place in the universe.
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Physicist Pearl I. Young was the first woman hired for a technical position at the NACA.
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On June 18th, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she launched on the Space Shuttle Challenger.
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Space physicist Dr. Shannon Walker has a second distinction that sets her apart even from the small group of people that have traveled to space, in addition to being an astronaut she is also an aquanaut.
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Dorothy “Dottie” Lee made her way in a male dominated field to build a celebrated career at NASA.
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On June 2, 2008, astronaut Karen L. Nyberg arrived at the International Space Station for the first time, while it was still under construction.
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Virginia Tucker was one of five women hired into the “computer pool” at the NACA, before leading the human computers at NASA.
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Marleen Sundgaard knew from the age of five she wanted to be an astronaut and has pursued that dream with great drive and passion.
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