6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight
6 women who changed astronomy and spaceflight
February 11, 2021 at 9:54 am
It’s no secret, the contribution made to astronomy and spaceflight over the centuries, but it’s also no secret how those contributions have often gone entirely unnoticed or been undervalued.
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To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021, we’ve taken a look back at some of the women who changed the way we observe and explore the cosmos forever.
Denied the role of astronomer at Royal Academy of Science in Berlin The institution that snubbed Winckelmann no longer exists, having been replaced by the Berlin-Brandenberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Image credit: Science Photo Library, welcomeimages.com