"Imaging Women in the Space Age" Lands in New York

This post is adapted from a NYSCI press release:

July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and to help celebrate, the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) is presenting a new exhibition entitled "Imaging Women in the Space Age," curated by Dr. Julie Wosk, author of Women and the Machine: Representations from the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). The exhibit runs from 13 July to 3 November 2019.

The exhibition showcases the achievements of America's pioneering female astronauts and highlights the fascination with space women in movies, television, advertising, fashion design, and today's toys. From the earliest Moon goddesses to today's galactic fashions, visions of females in space have sparked the creative imagination.

On display in the museum's gallery are vintage and current images of female space travelers in television shows like Lost in Space and Star Trek, photographs of space-inspired fashions including Pucci's designs for Braniff Airlines flight attendants and Chanel's 2017 futuristic dresses, and screenshots from films like Barbarella, which starred Jane Fonda, and Gravity, which starred Sandra Bullock.

The exhibition reminds us of the groundbreaking achievements of pioneering astronauts with photographs of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space; Mae Jemison, America's first African-American female astronaut; and Ellen Ochoa, America's first Hispanic woman to go into space.

The exhibition also reflects a world where important changes are underway as more and more women are participating in NASA's space program as astronauts and as astronautical engineers. It reveals innovative new developments in spacesuits specifically designed for women.

"Imaging Women in the Space Age" is part of the museum's Space Out Summer, a season filled with flight- and space-themed exhibits, workshops, demonstrations, installations, and a new film, all to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.

"Imaging Women in the Space Age" is open during regular museum hours: Monday − Friday, 9:30 am − 5:00 pm, and weekends, 10:00 am − 6:00 pm. The exhibition is free with general museum admission ($16 adults; $13 children ages 2-17, college students with valid ID, and seniors ages 62 and older).