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Women in Aerospace

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March is Women’s History Month, and in this special issue of Aerotech News/Desert Lightning News, we take a look at some of the
pioneers of women in the military and aerospace, as well as some of the women these pioneers paved the way for. Above: Members
of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) are pictured at Lockbourne Army Air Field in World War II. From left: Frances Green,
Margaret Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn. The WASP were civilian women pilots who flew in noncombat situations
for the U.S. Army Air Forces during the war. The program came to an abrupt end in 1944 because of gender politics. Right: NASA
astronauts Shannon Walker, left, and Kate Rubins, right, harvest one of the plants growing aboard the space station for the Veg-03
investigation, which cultivates a variety of plants in microgravity.
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