This astronaut is set to break the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman

Apr 23, 2019

Astronaut Russell Schweickart, lunar module pilot, stands on the module's deck during his spacewalk on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 mission, in this photograph was taken from inside the lunar module "Spider" by mission commander James McDivitt, in March 1969. James McDivitt/NASA/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1BF69BA8F0

Of the more than 500 people who have traveled to space, fewer than 11 percent have been women. Image: REUTERS

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