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Ed Dwight was denied the opportunity to be the first Black astronaut. Now 90, Dwight is getting his due in a new National Geographic documentary “The Space Race.” Read more from the Associated Press. https://flip.it/kjAxvr
#Space #Science #NASA #NationalGeographic #Astronaut

I'm more of a reader than a writer in 'Mastodon Space' but today I bring you something that those people I follow may not have heard of: what's likely to be the first attempt at a space suit, designed as early as 1936 in Spain. It was to be tested with a hot air balloon but unfortunately the whole thing had to be scrapped due to the Civil War. One piece of the original suit has now been found. In Spanish but Google Translate does the trick.

#space #astronaut #mars
https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/capa-perdida-emilio-herrera-primer-traje-espacial-historia_1_11357855.html

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Kalpana Chawla in her short life span of only 40 years taught children especially girls to dream, to believe, to have faith & to toil to make one's dream come alive. She made true the adage that "Nothing is Impossible" to achieve if you strive towards it with complete sincerity, compassion & discipline. Kalpana Chawla and her fellow crew members finally became one with the stars shining brightly in the vastness up above.

#KalpanaChawla #womeninspace #astronaut #respect #love #NASA #India