{"id":19508,"date":"2016-01-07T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T09:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasas-newest-women-astronauts-get-the-glamour-treatment-want-to-join-them\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T09:40:35","slug":"nasas-newest-women-astronauts-get-the-glamour-treatment-want-to-join-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasas-newest-women-astronauts-get-the-glamour-treatment-want-to-join-them\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s newest women astronauts get the Glamour treatment: Want to join them?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA astronaut Anne McClain keeps her eye on the Magic 8 Ball during zero-G training on NASA\u2019s \u201cvomit comet\u201d airplane in 2014. The toy served as a mascot for the eight astronauts in the class of 2013, who were nicknamed the \u201c8 Balls.\u201d (Credit: NASA via @AstroAnnimal)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s one small step for NASA\u2019s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine.<\/p>\n

Women have had a hard time getting their just deserts when it comes to human spaceflight: The \u201cMercury 13\u201d were passed over in the early 1960s, and that was just the start. In 2005, a top Russian space medicine official said women were too weak to take on a trip to Mars. Just in the past year and a half, women astronauts have had to fend off questions about hair styling and makeup.<\/p>\n

Glamour\u2019s interview with NASA\u2019s newest women astronauts \u2013 Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Christina Hammock Koch \u2013 could easily have gone off in the same direction. After all, the biggest headline on the magazine\u2019s February cover is \u201cBest Hair Year Yet!\u201d<\/p>\n