Space for Women (Extended Version)

This film contains interviews with women employed in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) space transportation program and shows the variety of positions held by women in the agency. The film, intended for use in career education and guidance classes, notes how the women obtained their training and qualified for their positions. The women featured are Patricia S. Cowings (Research Psychologist), Ivelisse Rodriguez (Audio Visual Specialist), Trudy Phillips (Public Information Specialist), Angelita Castro-Kelly (Mathematician/Technical Management), Kathryn Sullivan (Astronaut-Mission Specialist), Brenda Willis (Safety Specialist), Shirley Chevalier (Electrical Engineer), Susan Norman (Research Scientist), Sharon Orkansky (Computer Engineer), and Anna Lee Fisher (Astronaut-Mission Specialist). The film is directed by noted African-American filmmaker William Greaves and narrated by Ricardo Montalban.
A shorter version of this film also exists that does not include the sequences with Ivelisse Rodriguez and Angelita Castro Kelly.
Creator(s): National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 10/1/1958- (Most Recent)
Series: Headquarters' Films Relating to Aeronautics, 1962 - 1981
Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1903 - 2006
Production Date: ca. 1981
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail]
National Archives Identifier: 1262812
Local Identifier: 255-HQ-301R
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