NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan made history this weekend by becoming not only the first woman to reach the deepest point in the world’s oceans, but also the first human to have been in space and at full ocean depth of about 7 miles. Sullivan marked the occasion by making a phone call from the submersible’s mothership, DSSV Pressure Drop, to speak with the NASA astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).
“As a hybrid oceanographer and astronaut, this was an extraordinary day–a once-in-a-lifetime day–seeing the moonscape of the Challenger Deep and then making the call between the ISS and DSSV Pressure Drop,” said Sullivan.
Sullivan was not just an astronaut. She was the first woman to EVA in space. Served on the shuttle crew that deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. Served as chief scientist and later as an under secretary at NOAA. The woman is one big bundle of accomplishment.
That is awesome.
This is why America is great!