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Today I'm thinking about women's space heritage. What are the places and objects that tell the story of women in space? Where are they and why are they significant? #heritage #Space4Women #WomenInSTEM
A starting point might be the 1920s / 1930s. Thea von Harbou wrote a novel and a screenplay called Woman in the Moon, made into a film starring Gerda Maurus. There might be places, costumes, props, documents that survive. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman_in_the_Moon #Space4Women #heritage
From @CA_AstroComm and @ninaneedsspace: the make-up kit created for women on the US Space Shuttle https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/make-up-kit-shuttle/nasm_A20020252000 #heritage #Space4Women
Thanks to @RalfBuelow - there is a remnant of material culture from the classic 1929 film Frau im Mond #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/RalfBuelow/status/1276808872620175360?s=19
It seems some costumes survive from the 1924 Soviet classic Aelita Queen of Mars! (Thanks to @RalfBuelow). #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/RalfBuelow/status/1276810206446530561?s=19
Irene Sanger was a German rocket scientist in the 1940s (married to Eugen Sanger). They had a house at the University of Stuttgart #space4women #heritage (Thanks to @RalfBuelow) https://twitter.com/RalfBuelow/status/1276811622472966147?s=19
Of course oral history is an important part of women's space history, as @onegiantleapoz and @AustralianSpace point out. Here is an interview with Sue Finley, who started as a 'computer' and is NASA's longest serving women. #heritage #space4women https://twitter.com/JackieSlav/status/1276825073588953088?s=19
More on material and culture and heritage from Aelita Queen of Mars; drawings of the costumes. #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/RalfBuelow/status/1276845743945519104?s=20
Some great suggestions from @tomsomol for Valentina Tereshkova artefacts and places. #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/Tomsomol/status/1276845908664164353?s=20
From @memizon, a fabulous book cover from Thea von Harbou's Woman in the Moon (1929) #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/memizon/status/1276847177202106369?s=20
Of course, as @PinkyDink4 points out, Lego NASA women are totally space heritage! #Space4Women https://images.app.goo.gl/w87iSwtGnL9VreBH7
Randy Lovelace's Albuquerque clinic where he tested the Mercury 13 astronauts for sure should be in the #WomeninSpace heritage canon! https://twitter.com/CA_AstroComm/status/1276884793846882304?s=19
Helen Sharman was the first British woman in space in 1991! Her space suit is the Science Museum in London. #heritage #Space4women https://twitter.com/mikehallfoto/status/1276895746034487298?s=19
What about the heritage of Félicette the French space cat, as @datachick suggests? We need @mars_stu on the case! #heritage #Space4Women https://twitter.com/datachick/status/1276920793700667395?s=19
Popular culture is totally women's space heritage and this is deliriously good. Thanks @wildgem23 for the recommendation! #heritage
