Will Sunita Williams be able to return alive to Earth? Russia had sent the first female astronaut out of jealousy of America

New Delhi: This was the period of the late 1950s, when America was moving towards a cold war with Soviet Russia. There was a competition between America and Russia as to who would be the next superpower in the world after Britain’s sun set. Along with weapons, nuclear bombs and technology, there was a competition to capture space. While America was rapidly expanding its space program, Russia also came into the news every day with its new missions to space. During this period, the talk of sending women for space missions also started, but the America of that time was so conservative that it did not like the idea of ​​sending women to space. Today, Indian-origin American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are stranded in space for the last three weeks and the question on everyone’s mind is whether they will be able to return safely to Earth or not.

Strange logic- women’s body is not fit for space

There was a time when America was against sending women into space. At that time it was said in America that men were more fit for space missions than women. In the 1950s, some women had passed various tests to go into space, but their health data was ignored. This strange argument was given that women have less physical capacity and their body structure is not suitable for going into space.

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Jerry Cobb had passed the test for Mission Mercury

In 1959, NASA selector Dr. William Randolph Lovelace decided to test women alongside men for Mission Mercury. In 1960, Dr. Lovelace reported that female pilot Jerrie Cobb had passed the astronaut qualification test. he/she also said that female space pilots were better than their male counterparts.

13 women underwent 87 tests, but the data was suppressed

At that time, apart from Cobb, 12 other women passed 87 physical tests just like men. The data of women was deliberately suppressed. Later, these women did not get a chance to fly under the space program and the project was closed.

US President Kennedy also sent a man to the moon

In 1962, the Civil Rights Act was passed. This removed the restrictions on women astronauts going into space, but the then President John F. Kennedy’s intention was that a man should go to the moon. In such a situation, only men got priority to go into space. Nearly 20 years later, in 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into outer space.

Women are more fit for space than men

According to Vinod Kumar Srivastava, former scientist of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), women’s body is more fit than men’s for any space mission. Men need about 25 percent more calories than women every day to maintain their weight. At the same time, zero gravity in space affects men’s eyes more. Scott Kelly, who lives on the International Space Station for a year, says that eyes water a lot in space, which makes the retina thick. This problem is less in women than in men. The body and mind of any astronaut must be uniquely suited for a space mission.

The first Russian woman was sent to space out of jealousy from America

Valentina Tereshkova of Russia was the first and youngest astronaut who went to space on June 16, 1963. She was selected from 400 applications. You might be surprised to know that while the male-dominated scientists of America were proud that only men can travel to space, Russia, in its jealousy and competition to get ahead of America, sent a woman to space for the first time. It wanted to take the credit for being greater than America by sending a woman to space. Valentina orbited the Earth 48 times. Roberta Bonder of Canada was the first Canadian woman to go to space. Since then, many women scientists have orbited space, including Kalpana Chawla of Indian origin in 1997.

50% women in space training, earlier it was 11%

According to the Translational Research Institute for Space Health, today about 50 percent of astronauts trained are women, whereas only 12 percent of space missions have been conducted by women. Earlier, this participation was just 11 percent. These are the women astronauts who were sent to outer space.