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NASA Images of Women Astronauts

Sally Ride, first American female astronaut
Sally Ride (biography)
Courtesy of NASA
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Kalpana Chawla (biography)
Courtesy of NASA
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Laurel Clark
Courtesy of NASA
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Mae Jemison, astronaut
Mae Jemison
first African American astronaut
Picture courtesy of NASA
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Eileen Collins and Catherine G. Coleman, Space Shuttle Mission
Space Shuttle Mission STS-93
with Eileen Collins as the first woman space shuttle commander and Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist.
Picture courtesy of NASA
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Christa McAuliffe and Barbara Morgan Teacher in Space candidates
Christa McAuliffe "teacher in space" and backup Barbara Morgan practice moving in weightlessness
Picture courtesy of NASA
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More images:

● Roberta Bondar images
● Eileen Collins images (more) (links) also images of STS-93: with Eileen Collins as commander and Catherine G. Coleman as mission specialist
● Bonnie Dunbar images
● Susan J. Helms images
● Mae Jemison images (more)
● Shannon Lucid (more)
● Christa McAuliffe biography and images on this site - selected from NASA and other US government sources
● Christa McAuliffe images - from NASA
● Ellen Ochoa images
● Judith Resnik images
● Sally Ride images (more) (portraits) (historic STS-7 mission) (biography)
● Kathryn Sullivan images
● Sally Ride and Kathryn Sullivan on the Space Shuttle, October 6.
● Search for more images at NASA
Related topics:

● Women Astronauts and Cosmonauts - general articles and the most famous "firsts" among women in space
     ● Eileen Collins
     ● Kalpana Chawla
      ● Christa McAuliffe - Teacher in Space
     ● Sally Ride
     ● More Individual Women Astronauts - many of NASA's astronauts are listed on this page

● Women in Aviation - general articles include some on women in space

● Women Pilots

Susan Helms on STS-93
Susan Helms on STS-54
Picture courtesy of NASA
link to full-size original

Shannon Lucid
Shannon Lucid
Official NASA portrait, 2002
Picture courtesy of NASA
link to full-size original

Shannon Lucid and Rhea Seddon, woman astronauts on Shuttle 58
STS-58 crew portrait includes Shannon W. Lucid and
Rhea Seddon
Picture courtesy of NASA
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