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A Seat in the Cockpit: Recognizing and Replacing Biases with Gender Inclusive Language
Some of the language once used in the early days of human spaceflight has not kept pace with the evolution of America’s space program. We now use "crewed" or "piloted" instead of "manned," for example. The era of “manned” spaceflight ended long ago, and the continued use of this language diminishes and erases six decades of women’s contributions to spaceflight.
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Astronaut Christina Koch (left) poses for a portrait with flight engineer Jessica Meir

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Tue, Nov 27 2012
CSI: NASM (Curator Scene Investigator: National Air and Space Museum)
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Robot Camera
Wed, Aug 29 2012
Neil, Flat Stanley, and Me
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Curator Tom Crouch stands next to Neil Armstrong, holding a Flat Stanley.
Sat, Aug 25 2012
Remembering Neil Armstrong
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Apollo 11 Mission image - Neil A. Armstrong inside the Lunar Module after E
Wed, Aug 08 2012
Alan G. Poindexter (1961–2012)
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Alan G. Poindexter
Tue, Jul 24 2012
Sally Ride (1951-2012)
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Sally Ride
Thu, Feb 16 2012
Friendship 7’s ‘Fourth Orbit’
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Friendship 7
Fri, Dec 30 2011
Leaving the Moon, Watching at Home
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Fri, Feb 11 2011
A Laptop in Space
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GRiD "Compass" Laptop in Space
Fri, Jan 28 2011
Remembering Challenger 25 Years Later
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STS 51-L Challenger Crew
Tue, Aug 24 2010
Quietly Soaring into History: First African American in Space
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Official STS-8 crew portrait
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