Peggy Whitson: First Female Space Station Commander
Peggy Whitson’s first space mission took place in 2002 aboard the International Space Station’s Expedition 5 as a flight engineer. In 2007, Whitson returned to the International Space Station aboard the Expedition 16 mission as the commander, which made her the first woman commander of the International Space Station. Whitson’s third and final trip to […]
Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard the Soviet space program’s Vostok 6. To this day, she remains the only woman to have completed a solo space mission. The Vostok 6 mission lasted three days and orbited the Earth a total of 48 times. Tereshkova was born in […]
World Space Week 2021
World Space Week 2021 is about women in space. We interviewed the Executive Director of the World Space Week Association, Maruška Strah who explains what the event is about and how can you participate.