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When he was an undergrad at Harvard, author and historian Eric Cervini’s first encounter with queer history surprisingly did not come from a book.

“The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts” (Scribner).“Articles highlighted her ‘plump figure’ and her infrequent application of lipstick,” she writes. Chris Kraft, a NASA flight director who would become the head of the Manned Spacecraft Center, described Tereshkova as “an absolute basket case when she was in orbit” and “nothing but hysterical.”Such responses, argues Grush, were typical of NASA’s reluctance to consider women for their astronaut training scheme.

In stark contrast, on her second visit, she left with a mere £10,000.The 60-year-old presenter - then 49 - correctly identified the modern day term for "an attractive older woman on the hunt for younger men" as a "cougar".However, several questions on, she struggled on the question: "What is missing from a hamlet that stops it becoming a village?"She phoned a friend to find out the correct answer was a church, but by then, she had already lost valuable minutes and her time had run out, preventing host Chris Tarrant from reading out any further questions.This meant she was prevented from proceeding to the £20,000 mark - even if she'd known the correct multiple choice option.On her final appearance, for a Christmas Eve celebrity special of

Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012) and Buzz Aldrin to the moon.Michael Collins was part of the three member astronaut team on Apollo 11, the space flight in 1969 that first put a human on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon and astronaut Buzz Aldrin soon joined him.

Rhea Hurrle Allison Woltman was a pilot who was one of the Mercury 13, the women who were tested as potential astronaut candidates in the early 1960s.Woltman became a pilot at a young age, and in 1959, she was among 21 women who were recruited to take the same tests that were being undergone by male astronaut candidates at NASA. Woltman was among the 13 women who passed preliminary tests and became known as the Mercury 13.

United Arab Emirates and China sending instruments to study the planet’s surface. Today, it’s America’s turn: NASA’s rover, called Perseverance, is expected to touch down.

Hollywood star Tom Cruise and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are all set to shoot a film in outer space! Tom and Elon are in early talks with NASA to shoot a feature film in space, Deadline reported. The action-adventure movie will be the first-ever feature film to be shot in outer space. While the creators are yet to share the details about the exciting project, reportedly, it is not going to be a Mission: Impossible film. Elon’s SpaceX is one of several firms that have signed a contract to develop equipment in NASA’s “Artemis” project.

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun character Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell inspired NASA Administrator James Bridenstine to embark on a career as a Navy pilot.

The International Space Station could become the set of Tom Cruise’s next high-flying flick.