spacewoman
She orbits Earth
A spacewoman is a female astronaut or cosmonaut—a woman who travels beyond Earth's atmosphere.
The term parallels spaceman but sees less use than the gender-neutral astronaut: Sally Ride was America's first spacewoman.
It appears more often in children's books and casual speech than in technical contexts.
Federal space exploration bureau
- ISSOrbiting multinational research facility
- orbitCurved celestial path
- capsuleEnclosed dose container
- shuttleShort-distance transport
mission · launch · rocket · microgravity · zero-g · reentry · cosmonaut · crew
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- role modelPerson others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
Sally Ride · Mae Jemison · milestone · historic · record-breaking · glass ceiling · STEM · representation
Organized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
- voyageJourney by sea
- unchartedNot yet documented
- frontierEdge of settlement
interstellar · Mars · lunar · planetary · probe · rover · first contact · new worlds
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
- superheroPowered champion against evil
- alienNon-native being
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
starship · captain · intergalactic · galaxy · warp drive · phaser · Uhura · Ripley
Physics of celestial bodies
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- observationAttentive watching or remark
data · samples · geology · biology · physics · laboratory · instrumentation · telescope
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
shuttle · mission · launch · rocket · microgravity · zero-g · reentry · cosmonaut · crew · commander
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- role modelPerson others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
Sally Ride · Mae Jemison · achievement · milestone · historic · record-breaking · glass ceiling · STEM · representation · visibility
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
frontier · interstellar · Mars · lunar · planetary · probe · rover · first contact · new worlds · colonization
sci-fi
Futuristic fiction, abbreviated
- comic bookBound illustrated story publication
- superheroPowered champion against evil
- alienNon-native being
extraterrestrial · starship · captain · intergalactic · galaxy · warp drive · phaser · Uhura · Ripley · Janeway
astrophysics
Physics of celestial bodies
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
observation · data · samples · geology · biology · physics · laboratory · instrumentation · telescope · spectrometer
spacewomanlandlubber
Non-seafaring person
groundling · terrestrial · ground crew · earthling · homebody