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This morning I'm going to tweet about a phenomenon I only discovered recently: women posing with satellites and spacecraft. Feel free to add your own examples! #WSW2020 #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
Here's a girl with a fabulous space age toy: the Orbitoy Satellite Space Spinner! From the 1970s, I believe. (Image source unknown) #space4women #womenwithsatellite
This is Palapa A1, Indonesia's first satellite launched in 1976! (Image IEEE) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89631579573?pwd=UVlYOXRPZDQ0aG1hVUJLNlJHZmo2UT09 #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
Australis Oscar 5 was an amateur satellite designed and built in Australia, and launched in 1970. Here is a model with an unknown woman - the AO5 team cannot recall who she is! https://australis-oscar5.weebly.com/ #space4Women #womenwithsatellites
I see vintage images of women posing with satellites all the time, but I only started collecting them recently. #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
Here is Nancy Grace Roman, the 'Mother of Hubble', with the Orbiting Solar Observatory, launched in 1962. https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/oso1.html #Space4Women #WomenwithSatellites
More Australis Oscar 5! Richard Tonkin, Director of the Australian Space Ventures, shows Australia's satellite to Miss University of Melbourne 1965-66, Robyn Jewell (Image NAA) #Space4Women #WomenwithSatellites
I thought it would be interesting to find out more about Robyn Jewell. I think this is her featured in an article in The Australian newspaper. #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
The trail of woman with satellite, Miss Melbourne University 1965 Robyn Jewell, is a bit cold but I did see references to photos of her with Barry Humphries and Prime Minister John Gorton in the Melbourne Uni archives. #womenwithsatellites
Here's some wonderful women with spacecraft from @StofielAero! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/StofielAero/status/1314338899871891456?s=20
NASA beauty pageants juxtapose women and spacecraft - thanks to @Scottebemeup for this link! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/Scottebemeup/status/1314361664813359104?s=20
There's so much going on in these images, but I will leave an analysis for later. #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
A spacecraft - or at least part of one - appeared on the stage at the Miss Universe pageant in Perth in 1979. Yes, it was a piece of Skylab. Note the space cowboy theme. Skylab thus had a close encounter with Donny Osmond, who was also at the pageant. #womenwithsatellites
Here's @lizlandau with a model of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites @chandraxray https://twitter.com/lizlandau/status/1314362159267229697?s=20
In the early decades of the space era, space industry had its own specific beauty pageants for the ladies to feel involved. 'Miss Guided Missile' was a common one found in both the US and Australia. (HT @Scottebemeup) #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
http://pillownaut.com/beauty/pageants.html
http://pillownaut.com/beauty/pageants.html
Sometimes women have to be transgressive to get near spacecraft. Here's @queenborgtweets edging closer to Orion! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/queenborgtweets/status/1314370834564182017?s=20
Here's a lovely one of Marjorie Townsend with the x-ray satellite Uhuru in 1970 - thanks @astrodave2! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/astrodave2/status/1314399744832270341?s=20
Here are two satellite women posing with the telecommunications satellite Intelsat IV, launched in 1972, in an anechoic chamber. #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/intelsat-4.htm
The ultimate woman with satellite: Dr Valentina Tereshkova and the Vostok spacecraft in which she became the first woman in space. Thanks @greglarkin8! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/GregLarkin8/status/1314415942613430272?s=20
Are the Voyager Golden Records messages for aliens or for our future selves? @DanielleRGunn reflects on what it all means.... #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/DanielleRGunn/status/1314427040666279936?s=20
Helen Pozhidajev demonstrates a model of a communications satellite (maybe a Syncom?) in Parliament House, Canberra, 1965
(Australian News and Information Bureau, photographer W Pedersen) #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
(Australian News and Information Bureau, photographer W Pedersen) #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites
Here is @HayleyEversKing feeling the satellite love with Sentinel! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/HayleyEversKing/status/1314441057883561984?s=20
Thanks to @MarsMaven for this pic of women with the HiRISE instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter! #Space4Women #womenwithsatellites https://twitter.com/MarsMaven/status/1314450157220454400?s=19
