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A woman on the moon: How has one small step taken so long?

10 mins | Jan 16, 2023
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The Artemis spaceflight program, the first mission in 50 years to land astronauts on the moon, has promised that astronauts will include a person of colour and a woman. In this piece, Monica Hesse argues that this can be seen as a positive step that proves many US citizens are willing to see patriotism as the purview of Americans, not just of men.

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