Tomorrow the space shuffle Discovery blasts off with a woman sitting in the Commander's seat and up at the international space station, a female skipper will be waiting to greet her.
It's the first time in the 50 year history of space adventures that two women are in charge of two spacecraft at the same time.
NASA shuffle commander if Pamela Melroy, age 46, and station commander is Peggy Whitson. age 47, Melroy is a retired Air Force colonel.
Pamela Melroy is doing a two week space station construction mission and Peggy Whitson is doing a six-month expedition. Peggy Whitson is a biochemist with a Ph. D.
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