During its early years, NASA was primarily composed of men from the Armed Services’ test pilot programs. However, in 1978, Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Kathy Sullivan, Anna Fisher, Margaret “Rhea” Seddon, and Shannon Lucid broke barriers by becoming the first women admitted to the program. This significant milestone required NASA to reassess its spaceflight systems to accommodate a more diverse workforce. In her book, The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts, journalist Loren Grush chronicles the challenges these women faced, including institutional sexism, survival training, and the personal pressures of being an astronaut in the public eye, as they pursued their goal of reaching orbit.
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Adapted from The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush. Copyright © 2023 by Loren Grush. Excerpted with…
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