Women in Space

Who was the first woman in space?

• Valentina Tereshkova

• Sally Ride

• Svetlana Savitskaya

• Eileen Collins

Which of the four women here are on ISS Expedition 23?

• Naoko Yamazaki

• Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger

• Tracy Caldwell Dyson

• Stephanie Wilson

What did NASA astronaut Sally Ride achieve in her career?

• Space Shuttle Pilot on STS-2 and 3

• Developed Canadarm for the Space Shuttle

• Flew twice on Space Shuttle Columbia

• Investigated Challenger and Columbia disasters

• Deployed the Orion 1 Telescope

What did astronaut Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan achieve during her career?

• Developed Canadarm for the Space Shuttle

• Did the first EVA by an American woman

• Helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope

• Went on a solo space mission

How much time did NASA astronaut Peggy Annette Whitson spend on EVA?

• ~ 36 hours

• ~ 48 hours

• ~ 60 hours

• ~ 72 hours

• ~ 84 hours

How long was Peggy Annette Whitson's record-setting spaceflight?

Who participated in the first all-female spacewalk and when did it happen?

• Kathryn Sullivan & Eileen Collins; October 11, 1984.

• Kathryn Sullivan & Eileen Collins; April 24, 1990.

• Christina Koch & Jessica Meir; March 14, 2019.

• Christina Koch & Jessica Meir; October 18, 2019.

How long was Christina Koch's spaceflight?

What did Eileen Collins help deploy in July 1999?

• Mir

• Canadarm on the ISS

• James Webb Telescope

• Chandra X-Ray Telescope

• Keck Telescope

When did Eileen Collins first pilot Space Shuttle Discovery?