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Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be female

  • Written by Alice Gorman, Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
Almost 90% of astronauts have been men. But the future of space may be femaleItalian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti aboard the International Space Station.NASA

Only 566 people have ever travelled to space. Sixty-five of them, or about 11.5%, were women.

NASA recently proclaimed it will put the “first woman and next man” on the Moon by 2024. Despite nearly 60 years of human spaceflight, women are still in the...

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