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Women outnumber men in NASA's newest astronaut class. And this week, the first woman will orbit the moon

Christina Koch will be the first woman to fly around the moon in the Artemis II launch.
Daily Mail

One giant leap for... feminism? First human crew to Mars should be all-female astronauts because 'they are more efficient,' new study claims

Researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) found women use less oxygen, produce less carbon dioxide and require less food than their male counterparts. The team simulated a 1080-day mission with four women astronauts and found they needed 3,736 ...
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Pioneering woman astronaut reflects on Christina Koch, first woman set to go to the moon

Going to the moon isn't new for NASA: of the 24 that flew there during the Apollo missions, all astronauts were men. On Artemis II, Christina Koch is set to be the first woman.
The Guardian

Loren Grush on Nasa’s first female astronauts: ‘People thought they’d be a distraction to the men in space’

The science reporter reveals the astonishing truth behind the stories in her new book, The Six, which follows the first women inducted into Nasa’s astronaut programme in 1978 Your parents both worked on the space shuttle programme for decades, and you ...
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Record-setting female astronaut talks life on earth

(SOUNDBITE) (English) NASA ASTRONAUT ENGINEER CHRISTINA KOCH SAYING: “Within the first two minutes of being back on earth, I saw more people’s faces than I had seen in a year so that was really exciting. And it’s just fun to interact with people again
Daily Mail

Move aside, Katy Perry! Two NASA astronauts perform the 5th-ever all-female spacewalk today - as viewers poke fun at Blue Origin's 11-minute mission

Two NASA astronauts are performing an all-female spacewalk today – but somewhat unsurprisingly Katy Perry is not one of them. Nichole Ayers and Anne McClain ventured out of the International Space Station (ISS) at about 8:15am ET (13:15 BST) to ...
BBC

First Arab female astronaut reaches space station

Rayyanah Barnawi (2nd R) and fellow Saudi astronaut Ali Alqarni (2nd L) entered the ISS on Monday The first female Arab astronaut to go to space has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi is one of two Saudis on Axiom Space's ...
Phys.org

Female astronauts face clotting risks, five-day weightlessness simulation suggests

Just a few days in simulated microgravity can subtly change the way women's blood clots, sparking bigger questions about health monitoring protocols for astronauts who can spend six months or more in orbit, say Simon Fraser University researchers.
The Daily Telegraph

The astronauts vying to be the first woman on the moon

An Iraq war pilot, a Cambridge graduate and a marine biologist are in the mix to be the first female astronaut to fly to the moon Arthur Scott-Geddes is Deputy Editor for The Telegraph’s Global Health Security desk. He was previously the paper’s ...
The Guardian

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 In 1973, four years after Neil Armstrong’s space boot hit moon dust in the most celebrated step ever taken by a man, a ...

With Artemis II, astronaut duo sees out-of-this-world female friendship

NASA astronaut friends Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, who performed the first all-female spacewalk, are breaking records again.