Emily Calandrelli becomes the hundredth woman in space
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Who was the first woman to go to space, and what year did it happen?
Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first woman in space in 1963.
What milestone did Emily Calandrelli achieve in space exploration?
Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman to go to space, marking a significant milestone in the history of women in space exploration.
What was unique about Svetlana Savitskaya's space missions?
Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to go to space more than once, conduct a spacewalk, and board a space station.
What did Emily Calandrelli take to space as a tribute to the women who came before her?
Emily Calandrelli took a picture of the 99 women who had gone to space before her as an homage to their contributions and the barriers they overcame.
What inspired Emily Calandrelli to pursue space travel?
Emily was inspired by her education in aerospace engineering and her experience in a microgravity program during college, where she flew on a parabolic airplane and experienced weightlessness.
What was the significance of Emily Calandrelli's flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard?
Emily's flight on Blue Origin's New Shepard was the 28th flight for the program and the ninth human spaceflight, marking her as the 100th woman to venture into space.
What did Emily Calandrelli compare her experience of seeing Earth from space to?
Emily compared her experience of seeing Earth from space to the feeling she had after giving birth, describing it as a mix of adrenaline, fear, joy, and gratitude.
What did Emily Calandrelli take to space to honor her father?
Emily took her father's college ring to space as a tribute to his journey from poverty to becoming the first in his family to attend college, symbolizing the expansion of their world.
What did Emily Calandrelli bring to space to celebrate the women in her life?
Emily brought a bag of pearls to space, symbolizing the disruptors in her life—women who break barriers in their industries—and planned to turn them into necklaces as gifts.
How did Emily Calandrelli describe her reaction to seeing the vastness of space?
Emily described seeing the vastness of space as spooky and overwhelming, with 80% of her view filled with the immense darkness of space, which she found difficult to replicate or describe.
- Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman to go to space.
- The chapter traces the history of women in space, from Valentina Tereshkova to Emily Calandrelli.
- Emily brought a picture of the 99 women who came before her to space as an homage.
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