The excitement over #nasa’s #artemisii spaceflight has reignited our interest in exploring the universe beyond our own planet. 🚀👩‍🚀🚀

Women have been involved in our push to the stars since the beginning, and on #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight, we wanted to give them the shout-out they deserve.

"NASA is leading a golden age of space exploration." - PADI BOYD, How NASA Will Study the Moon - And the Astronauts Going There, NASA's Curious Universe #NASA #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #PadiBoyd

"After the Apollo missions ended, the United States still used launch pads at Cape Canaveral to send astronauts on the space shuttle for several decades." - LILLIAN CUNNINGHAM, The Dark Moon, Moonrise #Moonrise #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LillianCunningham

"He understood how to build space stations!" - KENNETH S. REIGHTLER, A Common Goal, The Last Soviet #TheLastSoviet #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #KennethSReightler

"Kennedy's announcement redirects NASA's focus." - LIZZIE PEABODY, Right Stuff, Wrong Sex, Sidedoor #Sidedoor #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LizziePeabody

"She is an astronaut." - TARPLEY HITT, How Barbie Became An Icon ft. Tarpley Hitt, The Study Hall Podcast #StudyHallPodcast #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #TarpleyHitt

"You can work at NASA!" - CALLER, Sky Full of Ghosts, Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People #BeautAnon #SkyFullofGhosts #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight

"But NASA budget schedules had hampered the shuttle's schedule!" - DANA SCHWARTZ, Skylab Is Falling, Very Special Episodes #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #DanaSchwartz

"I'm the only person I know that didn't like Project Hail Mary." - BRIAN THOMPSON, 3/6/26-4/3/26, The Daily Zig #TheDailyZig #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #BrianThompson

"He's a Soviet cosmonaut!" - LANCE BASS, Let’s Go, The Last Soviet #TheLastSoviet #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LanceBass

"Since then, it has been constantly occupied by astronauts the world over." - LANCE BASS, A Common Goal, The Last Soviet #TheLastSoviet #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LanceBass

"She has spent the last 10 years working with the media department at NASA!" - LATIF NASSER, Zoozve, Radiolab #Radiolab #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LatifNasser

"On April 12th, 1961 - so just a couple of months into his presidency - Kennedy had his own version of a Sputnik moment." - LILLIAN CUNNINGHAM, A New Frontier, Moonrise #Moonrise #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LillianCunningham

"I think that I don't wanna be an astronaut!" - CORINNE CAPUTO, Astronaut training in a cave, Pale Blue Pod #PaleBluePod #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #CorinneCaputo

"NASA is planning to go back to the Moon very soon!" - WHIRLPOOL GALAXY, Beautiful Follow-Ups: The Whirlpool Galaxy (BA+ Bonus), Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People #BeautAnon #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #WhirlpoolGalaxy

"Homer joins NASA in the 1980s!" - JAMIE LOFTUS, the naomi h story, Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) #SixteenthMinute #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #JamieLoftus

"I did not want to become an astronaut growing up!" - CHARLES BOLDEN, Homecoming, The Last Soviet #TheLastSoviet #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #CharlesBolden

"I'm not curious about outer space!" - DYLAN GELULA, leo the lion//string theory, Lecture Hall Podcast #lecturehallpod #lecturehallpodcast #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #DylanGelula

"We found scientists at NASA who actually wouldn't talk about their interest in astrology to us because they were afraid of losing their jobs." - MANGESH HATTIKUDUR, It's Supposed to be Fun, Skyline Drive #SkylineDrive #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #MangeshHattikudur

"NASA was tempted." - LANCE BASS, Homecoming, The Last Soviet #TheLastSoviet #InternationalDayforHumanSpaceFlight #LanceBass