parting shot
In 2010, the STS-131 space shuttle mission visited the International Space Station. When the three female mission
specialists of STS-131 joined Tracy Caldwell Dyson (lower right) of Expedition 23 on the space station, they set a
record for most women in space at the same time. The three STS-131 crew members pictured are, clockwise from
bottom left, Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Naoko Yamazaki and Stephanie Wilson.
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