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PAGE ONE - Brief summary of the records of the first women in space. Kathy Sullivan just barely misses an opportunity to be the first woman to do an EVA. More photos. |
PAGE TWO - A time-in-suit record is set. Photos of female test subjects during sequence of suit donning steps. |
PAGE THREE - More photos of Kathy Sullivan during vacuum chamber dry-run activities for the Hubble Space Telescope Tools Test. |
OTHER SPACE RELATED PAGES ON MY SITE |
STS-1 Post-flight EMU Test - The result was not what we had expected. |
Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test (SMEAT)- My photos of the 56-day vacuum test with Bob Crippen, Karol Bobko, and Dr. Bill Thornton. Features Jessica Savitch on the news team that reported the chamber entry and presidential candidate George McGovern who visited during the test. |
My Own Experience as a Space Suit Test Subject in preparation for Ed White's first U.S. EVA |
STS-1 Award received for participation in the preparation for the STS-1 Shuttle Mission aboard the orbiter Columbia commanded by astronaut John Young and piloted by astronaut Bob Crippen. The miniature flag was actually flown aboard the orbiter during the mission and was returned to earth to be used for mementos such as this. |
OTHER RELATED WEB SITES |
NASA SITE Describing the EMU |
The First Gals has a good list of all the firsts. |
Training of a Female Cosmonaut In the history of Soviet/Russian space exploration, there have only been three Russian women-cosmonauts: Valentina Tereshkova, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Elena Kondakova. Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, 38, is currently training for her first space mission. So far she is the only woman to be seriously considered as a cosmonaut for near-term space missions. Read her story here. |
The History of Spacesuits This is an About.Com article that begins with the spacesuit for use on Project Mercury. |
NASA Drops Women's Spacesuit Plans Discovery Channel News article dated March 28, 2003. Note that a special space suit arm was designed and built for Astronaut Kathy Thornton's EVA and the absorbent undergarment designed for women's use in the EVA spacesuit was adopted by most of the men. |
ENGINEERING AND STEM RELATED WEB SITES |
types of Engineering Degress - Engineering Degree portal that lists more than 40 unique degree-level engineering programs. Also included are career, licensing, and core competency skills for each degree. |
Data Science Programs - Data Science Programs is a comprehensive STEM portal dedicated to providing fully accredited programs for current and prospective students. There are more than 800 different STEM programs from over 500 universities across the nation listed. |
SITE INDEX |
Revised 7/30/03 (after a couple of years on the web)