World News

What It Was Really Like To Be One Of The First Female Astronauts At NASA

By the 1970s, people around the world had grown up watching news about rockets on television and seeing space travelers like Yuri Gagarin and Buzz Aldrin make their journeys into orbit. These stunning events captured the imagination of an entire generation of people. For many, it became a childhood dream to become an astronaut, but many thought that dream would be impossible.

This included Anna Fisher, who’d been inspired by seeing Alan Shepard, America’s first astronaut. In a later NASA Q&A, she explained that she considered it unrealistic at the time, saying, “It just seemed like a dream that wasn’t going to be possible.” Others had already given up on that dream. Sally Ride, who’d later gain fame as an astronaut, never even considered a NASA career. She simply didn’t think women would or could ever be admitted to work there. Some, though, kept going out of optimism. As a child, Shannon Lucid had dreamed of growing up to be an explorer but had worried there would be nothing left for her to explore. Inspired by reading science fiction, she’d decided to become an “explorer of the universe.”

Becoming an astronaut hadn’t been a childhood ambition for all of the recruits though. The applications were open to anyone who qualified, and for the exceptionally skilled Judy Resnik, applying was more about looking for an interesting new experience. She heard about it completely incidentally and decided to apply, just to take a chance and see what might happen.



Read More: World News | Entertainment News | Celeb News
247

Related posts

7 celebrities that are younger than President Biden

BBC Brk News

Savannah Guthrie Attends Bruce Springsteen Concert in U.K.

BBC Brk News

Asian shares are mixed, with most markets shut, after Wall St’s 8th winning week

BBC Brk News

Leave a Comment