Women in Orbit

By Julie Bain
As NASA celebrates its 50th birthday, we celebrate the accomplishments of some of the women astronauts who've come (and gone) so far. Read about these women and see photos of them in action.
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Whitson, the first woman commander of the space station
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Courtesy NASA

Whitson, the first woman commander of the space station, suited up for a seven-hour spacewalk right before Thanksgiving 2007 as construction continued on the station.
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