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To round out the end of Women's History Month...of course we have to mention the Cosmosphere's founder, Patty Carey (1921-2003)!
Have you ever wondered why Hutchinson, Kansas, is the home of the Cosmosphere? It's because of our wonderful founder, Patty Carey. 1/7
Have you ever wondered why Hutchinson, Kansas, is the home of the Cosmosphere? It's because of our wonderful founder, Patty Carey. 1/7
Her desire to share the wonders of astronomy became the foundation for the Cosmosphere's internationally recognized space artifact collection. 2/7
Fueled by her life-long interest in science, Patty established the first planetarium in the state of Kansas in 1962, called "Hutchinson's Theatre of the Skies" and later changed to "The Hutchinson Planetarium," ... 3/7
Eileen Collins was born in Elmira, New York in 1956. When she was young, she found her inspiration in the Mercury astronauts – but noticed during that time, there wasn't any women astronauts to look up to. 1/10
She received an associate’s in math/science from Corning CC and went on to achieve a bachelor’s in math and economics from Syracuse University. After that she got her master’s in operations research at Stanford AND a master’s in space systems management from Webster Uni. 2/10
She attended Vance Air Force Base where she was one of four women chosen for the Undergraduate Pilot Training. There she earned her pilot wings and became a T-38 Talon instructor pilot and eventually a C-141 Starlifter pilot. 3/10
