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From the first female engineer being hired in 1939 all the way to the first-ever all-female spacewalk in 2019, women have been integral to advancing NASA.
As NASA prepares to send the first person of color to the moon, it serves as a stark reminder of the space agency’s long road toward embracing diversity and inclusion.
The history of the United States space program was molded in part by the many women who have not only been launched into orbit aboard spacecraft, but who have