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Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars – but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will enter orbit with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female space flight crew, which includes popstar Katy Perry, is set to take off this spring.

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Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record

The Independent UK

Ukraine Debates Future Of Downed Soviet Monuments

In Ukraine's westernmost city of Lviv, a statue of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, sprawls on the ground, red paint splashed around her helmet.

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New film 'Spacewoman' to celebrate NASA's Eileen Collins, 1st woman space commander and pilot

NASA astronaut Eileen Collins will be featured in "Spacewoman", a documentary coming in 2025 about the first female space commander and pilot.

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The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush review – spaceflight pioneer portraits

From sexist objections to the challenges faced by female crew on Earth and in space, this is a vital record of a giant leap for women

The Guardian - UK

When Johnny met Sally: 'The first woman in space' and a Skylab strip

Three spaceflight anniversaries have a nexus of sorts, in a comic strip that ran in newspapers over 20 years ago. It all comes down to the imagination and knowledge (or lack thereof) of Johnny Hart.

Space

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