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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.

So, what’s the hold up on humans going to Mars? Is it a technology issue? Is no one volunteering? Is it too dangerous? Is this all Elon Musk’s fault? Believe it or not, what’s stopping humans from going to Mars has little to do with any of those things. Sure, there are loads of physical dangers lurking around every proverbial corner, but if Ido Mizrahy’s “The Longest Goodbye” is anything to go by, the problem with humans getting to Mars is simply, and unsurprisingly, humans themselves.

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

potential “super-Earth” that scientists believe may support human life.The video began as a series of promotional travel posters created by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They also shared a video demonstrating how the futuristic video was shot using real actors and green screen technology.And speaking of inspiration, this video was inspired by the "Visions of the Future" travel poster series created by @NASAJPL.You can watch this behind-the-scenes look at the making of the video version, and you can grab the posters at https://t.co/7vMqQWjZU9.

Sally Ride, the first American woman and first known LGBTQ person to travel to space, will become the first openly LGBTQ person to appear on U.S. currency.The U.S.

$200 million space-based action flick. The Hollywood daredevil brokered a deal between NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX last year to bring the film, with direction from Doug Liman (“American Made”), to the big screen.Channel One broadcasted the launch live, featuring actor Yulia Peresild, 37, director Klim Shipenko, 38, and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, 49, which they aired across multiple viewing platforms and languages.

Wally Funk launches into space later this month aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, she will, at 82, be the oldest astronaut ever.But she was nearly the youngest.The New Mexico native was 22 when she joined the Mercury 13 program, a group of intrepid women who, back in 1961, underwent the same training as the Mercury 7, NASA’s all-male crew of original astronauts.The women were never allowed to go into space, and hardly written about. It was a pioneering program lost to history.Sue Nelson, a UK science writer, broadcaster and author of the 2019 book, “Wally Funk’s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer” spoke with Funk after her trip plans were made public this week by Bezos.

according to Change.org. Bezos, the world’s second richest man with a net worth of approximately $186 billion, “is actually Lex Luthor,” the petition alleges.

the Pentagon’s inconclusive UFO report. The newly installed NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said their probe into unidentified aerial phenomena is just beginning: His team intends to set up their own research effort into footage of high-speed flying objects spotted by Navy officers over the years, he told CNN Business.Nelson added that he does not think there’s evidence to assume that extraterrestrials are involved, saying, “I think I would know” — but conceded it’s too early into their study to rule out the possibility.“We don’t know if it’s extraterrestrial.

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.

Four astronauts were launched into space by SpaceX on April 23, 2021, and these photos show their preparations for takeoff.

In the early morning hours of April 23, NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center was aglow, as the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft lifted off into outer space for a six-month stay. Aboard the rocket was NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was also joined by fellow NASA team member Shane Kimbrough, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan. The crew will stay six months at the International Space Station, once their Crew Dragon capsule docks there early Saturday morning, per CNN. Learn more about Astronaut McArthur!

.“Space Hero” intends to be known as “the world’s first global competition to send a civilian into space on a $55 million, 10-day trip to the ISS,” according to a statement obtained by Space.com, with a launch target set for 2023.The reality competition concept isn’t in the works yet as the agreement “does not authorize a private astronaut mission to the International Space Station,” a NASA spokesperson told Space.com.

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.

Millie Hughes-Fulford was the first woman to go into space as a payload specialist, the scientists who work aboard NASA’s space missions.Hughes-Fulford was initially selected as a payload specialist in 1986, but her first spaceflight was delayed by the 1986 Challenger explosion, which put a halt to the U.S. space program for several years.

Chuck Yeager was a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general who was the first human to break the sound barrier.Yeager enlisted in the U.S.

Tom Cruise is set to be space-bound for his new film project.Teaming up with Elon Musk, the 58-year-old Mission Impossible star is getting ready for lift-off alongside Edge of Tomorrow’s director Doug Liman to film shots for an as-yet untitled film.Cruise and Liman will reportedly make the trip to the International Space Station next year in the Axiom Space Crew Dragon capsule – a space shuttle owned by Musk – for the Nasa-backed project, reports Space Shuttle Almanac.Should the project go ahead, the film will be the first ever narrative feature to be filmed in space.

Tom Cruise has been given a launch date for his mission to space.The action man will become the first star to actually film in space while he’s onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon trip to the International Space Station – and now he has a countdown to prepare for.He’ll take off with astronauts and fellow wannabe spacemen and women in October 2021, according to the 2020-2023 ISS official manifest, obtained by TMZ.The Mission: Impossible star will be joined in space by his Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman.Tom will also be working with SpaceX boss Elon Musk and NASA experts on the ambitious movie, the title of which has not yet been announced.

Netflix has released the trailer for its upcoming docuseries that delves into the lead up to and aftermath of the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster, “Challenger: The Final Flight.”The four-part series premieres Sept. 16 and will offer a comprehensive look at the events surrounding the catastrophe, with a particular focus on the shuttle’s crew.