Giant leap looming for womankind - Human Spaceflight - MSNBC.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A giant leap is about to be made for womankind.
When space shuttle Discovery blasts off Tuesday, a woman will be sitting in the commander’s seat. And up at the international space station, a female skipper will be waiting to greet her. It will be the first time in the 50-year history of spaceflight that two women are in charge of two spacecraft at the same time.
