![]() ![]() ![]() Despite their differences, every astronaut works as a team to complete essential tasks. Once NASA allowed women to train as astronauts, men realized women were capable of completing difficult tasks. For example, as the first American woman in space, Sally Ride faced great pressure from the media. Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier takes a humorous look at the gender stereotypes that women astronauts had to overcome. Many people, including Valentina’s own mother, didn’t think women were capable of becoming astronauts. But the women soon discovered that even NASA had a lot to learn about making space travel possible for everyone.Īstronauts: Women on the Final Frontier follows Mary Cleave and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, among others. The trailblazing women of Group 9, NASA’s first mixed-gender class, had the challenging task of convincing people that a woman’s place is in space. ![]() to catch up, but soon NASA’s first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The United States may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. ![]()
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