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spacewoman
[ speys-woom-uhn ]
noun
- a woman astronaut.
Gender Note
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spacewoman1
Example Sentences
She became the world鈥檚 oldest spacewoman and most experienced female spacewalker following her launch last November.
She鈥檚 returning with multiple other records: world鈥檚 oldest spacewoman, at age 57, and most experienced female spacewalker, with 10.
This Orion 鈥 serial number 001 鈥 lacked seats, cockpit displays and life-support equipment, but brought along bundles of toys and memorabilia: bits of moon dust; the crew patch worn by Sally Ride, America鈥檚 first spacewoman; a Capt. James Kirk doll owned by 鈥淪tar Trek鈥 actor William Shatner.
It was 1963 when Russia launched the world鈥檚 first spacewoman, Valentina Tereshkova, beating America by two full decades, and 1984 when it flew the first world鈥檚 female spacewalker, Svetlana Savitskaya.
We鈥檝e seen this kind of noble spacewoman before, most notably from Michelle Collins in 42 and Lindsay Duncan in The Waters of Mars.
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