On the August Bank holiday I was working from home with the radio on in the background. I suddenly stopped everything when I heard Space Station and was instantly back in touch with my passion for space travel. It was a special programme about Women in Aviation where a NASA astronaut was being interviewed after spending 5 months on board the International Space Station. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b013ptf4
Catherine ‘Cady’ Coleman shared what it was like to be the only women in space with 5 male astronauts. By accepting her team as colleagues and being open she had different relationships than expected with everyone, all for the better. She missed conversations with girl friends and family but had a weekly video conference call. Cady also loved going into the space station's observatory deck, the Cupola. See loved seeing Cape Cod and her home in Massachusetts coming towards her and thinking about her family. Then is a few minutes it would be gone. But in an hour and a half she would be back to see her home again!
Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola
I could hear Cady is a stand for women to travel into space and to see it as something not just for other people who are specially chosen. She see’s women very much part of us going back to the Moon and to Mars.
The programme also made me wonder about music in space. Would instruments sound any different? Cady performed the first ever earth-space flute duet with Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull. She said the music sounded the same but holding the instrument took some getting used to.
Presenter Jenni Murray asked Cady why she didn't tie her hair back while the duet was filmed. She said she normally would when working or with people but she liked to let her hair be free. It reminded her what a special place she was in.
What a stand Catherine Coleman is for women going into space. Being as free as her hair and inspiring women to be who they really wants to be.
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