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In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to orbit Earth. But she wasn't the first woman to reach space. Another person holds that honour. #womeninspace #WomenInSTEM
In 1934, Jeannette Picard became the first woman to reach the stratosphere piloting the balloon 'Century of Progress'. She later worked as an advisor for NASA. Dr Piccard is widely acknowledged as the first woman in space. nastarcenter.com/jeannette-picc…
Dr Jeannette Piccard is very well known, even inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame. And yet, I wasn't aware of her until I found her name in a random document. #womeninspace #WomenInSTEM en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeannette…
