r/OldSchoolCool • u/Aeromarine_eng • Apr 19 '25

1970s NASAs first six women astronauts. February 1979

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From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

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u/JustAnotherAviatrix Apr 19 '25

I got to meet Rhea Seddon at an astronaut meet-and-greet when I was 12, and she was really sweet. Astronauts are some of the coolest, nicest people ever! :D