NASA documentary: The Color of Space

As NASA prepares to return humans to the Moon, the Artemis generation is looking forward to seeing the first woman and the first person of color set foot there. In June 2022, NASA published a documentary, The Color of Space, that focuses on the lives and careers of seven current and former Black astronauts. Stephanie Wilson, Victor Glover, Jeanette Epps, Leland Melvin, Bernard Harris, Robert Curbeam, and Bobby Satcher each spoke about their path to selection as members of NASA's astronaut corps, as well as their training and mission experiences. The panel discussion was hosted by Vanessa Wyche, NASA Johnson Space Center Director and the first Black woman to lead a NASA center.  

Title slide, The Color of Space (credit: NASA)

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More information about The Color of Space can be found here. NASA plans to have viewing events through fall 2023, which will be adverised on NASA's Eventbrite page.

View NASA's Black History Month Image Gallery.

AASWomen Newsletter for October 25, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of October 25, 2019
eds: JoEllen McBride, Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, and Alessandra Aloisi

Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, NASA, from item 3

This week's issues:

1. Career Profiles: Astronomer to Communications and Stewardship Staff Writer

2. Zibi Turtle: Titan of Exploration

3. Why spacesuit design choices - not women's physiques - delayed the first all-female spacewalk

4. NASA reveals new spacesuits designed to fit men and women

5. Announcement: Upcoming Proposal Writing Workshops for R&A Proposals

6. Bill Recognizing 'Hidden Figures' for Contributions to U.S. during the Space Race Headed to President Trump's Desk to become Law

7. All co-first authors are equal, but some are more equal than others

8. Being reminded of bias makes students treat female professors fairer

9. Townhall: STEM Student Success- Investing in Minority Serving Institutions for Our Future Workforce

10. Three Ways Your STEM Organization Can Have More Women Leaders - AWIS Research

11. Vote for the Woman Because She's a Woman

12. The Ghost of the Glass Ceiling That Still Haunts Equal Pay

13. What Girls Really Need to Succeed in STEM

14. By age 6, kids tend to see white men as more 'brilliant' than white women

15. Job Opportunities

16. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

17. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

18. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for July 12, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women

Issue of July 12, 2019

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Alessandra Aloisi

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This week's issues:

1. Crosspost: Pre-registration Open for the Inclusive Astronomy 2 Conference

2. Register now to watch the first Astro2020 steering committee meeting!

3. Education Professional Development Mini-Grant Opportunity Now Open

4. Women are less supportive of space exploration – getting a woman on the Moon might change that

5. Astronaut Barbie has landed, and it’s one giant leap for women in STEM 

ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
and her Barbie (stylist.co.uk image)

6. How a decision-analysis tool helped one scientist couple make some tough career choices
7. These young scientists will shape the next 50 years of Moon research  

8. Queer voices in palaeontology  

9. How I lost my identity — and embraced a new one

10. Why Men Thought Women Weren’t Made to Vote

11. Who gets grant money? The (gendered) words decide.

12. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

14. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for March 29, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Issue of March 29, 2019
eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Cristina Thomas, Maria Patterson, and JoEllen McBride

This week's issues:

1. Repost: Facing the Future: The CSWA seeks your input on our community needs in the 2020s!

2. NASA Cancels First All-Female Spacewalk Over Spacesuit Sizes

3. Antonia Maury: A Female Astronomer's Fight For Recognition

4. Katie Couric: How We Can Eliminate Bias Against Women in Science

5. First scientist in human history- En Hedu'anna

6. What is gender equality in science? Common solutions may not be solving the problem

7. Announcing the first Communicating Science Conference (ComSciCon) with AAS!

8. Why we still struggle with work-home conflict in women and men

9. High school girls challenge toxic masculinity

10. Job Opportunities

11. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

13. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter

AASWomen Newsletter for January 25, 2019

AAS Committee on the Status of Women  

Issue of January 25, 2019

eds: Nicolle Zellner, Heather Flewelling, Maria Patterson, JoEllen McBride, and Alessandra Aloisi (guest ed.)

Photo by Douglas Sonders

This week's issues:

1. Cross-post: Women in Planetary Science, Summary of DPS 2018 Planetary Allyship Meeting
2. CORRECTION: Making Waves: 6 Women in Hawaii with Careers in STEM Share Their Stories

3. Nancy Roman, the American space agency NASA's first Chief Astronomer

4. Typical physics Ph.D. admissions criteria limit access to underrepresented groups but fail to predict doctoral completion

5. Influenster Now Accepting 2019 Women in STEM Academic Scholarship Applications

6. Women in space: Roscosmos sets sights on creating female crew of cosmonauts, says source

7. Mind The Gap: Women Underrepresented In Awarding Of Prestigious Prizes

8. When Bankwest's female tech staff are told "girls don't hack", this is what they do...

9. Job Opportunities  

10. How to Submit to the AASWomen Newsletter

11. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWomen Newsletter

12. Access to Past Issues of the AASWomen Newsletter