Sally Ride

April 19, 2022 3 Comments

Menstruating in space

NASA’s latest class of astronauts is 50 percent female. Just like other women, female astronauts menstruate. What exactly happens when you have your period in space? How do you deal with menstruation on a mission to Mars. (…)

Facts & Figures

May 20, 2015 0 Comments

Houston, we have a problem

Were 100 tampons enough for a one-week mission into space? Or would she need 200? This was what a male NASA engineer asked Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. (…)

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