In 1983, Sally Ride became the first woman in space. Fast forward to 2017, when Peggy Whitson broke the U.S. record for the longest time in space for a woman. Since then, two women became the first to take part in an all-female spacewalk. Despite these high-profile wins, only one in three undergraduate astronomy degrees, and only one in five physics degrees, are earned by women.
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