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World Space Week: Other Than Kalpana Chawla, These Women Were The Firsts From Their Nation!

Written By: Sonali
October 6, 2020
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World Space Week is celebrated in more than 95 nations across the world and is officially defined as “an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition”.

India has witnessed some of the greatest women leaders who proved their calibre and expertise in the field of technology and space. Thinking of space, the first name that ever strikes most of the desi netizens’ mind is Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go into space. 

But did you know that Valentina Tereshkova was the first and youngest woman to go into space? The Soviet cosmonaut, upon her return, was given the title ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’.

The second woman who had flown to space was also a cosmonaut, Svetlana Savitskaya, who was the first woman who flew to space twice. She was also the first woman to do a spacewalk.

But we often tend to forget about these women and several other female pioneers who became potentates in this field.

This World Space Week, here’s a quick brief about the women who were first in space from other countries.

Claudie Haigneré

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She is the first French woman to go into space. She is a doctor, politician and a former astronaut with the Centre National d’Études Spatiales and the European Space Agency.

She commanded a Soyuz capsule during reentry in 1999 and became the first woman qualified to do so. She is also the first woman who visited the International Space Station.

Samantha Cristoforetti

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She is the first Italian woman to go into space. She graduated in Aeronautics Sciences, became one of the first women to be a lieutenant and fighter pilot in the Italian Air Force. She is the second Space Camp alumnus in orbit and an astronaut with European Space Agency.

She holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut, and she held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman until June 2017. 

Helen Patricia Sharman

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She is the first British to go into space. She was a former research and development technologist for GEC, London and worked as a chemist for Mars dealing with flavourant properties of chocolate.

She is the first British astronaut, a cosmonaut, and the first woman who visited the Mir space station. She is also the sixth youngest of the 556 individuals (as of 2017) who went into space. She was given the label “The Girl from Mars” by the UK Press.

Anousheh Ansari

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She is the first Iranian woman to go into space. She is an engineer and co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems.

She is also the first female Muslim to fly in space. She is the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station and the first person to publish a weblog from space.

Yi So-Yeon

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She is the first Korean to go into space. She is an astronaut and biotechnologist, and is the third woman, after Helen Sharman and Anousheh Ansari, to be the first national from their country in space.

She was also listed as one of the Fifteen Asian Scientists To Watch by Asian Scientist Magazine in May 2011.

Jessica Ulrika Meir

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She is the first Swedish female citizenship-holder to go into space. She is an American-born NASA astronaut, physiologist and a marine biologist.

Jessica Meir and Christina Koch were the first women to participate in an all-female spacewalk in October 2019. Her name has also been included in Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. She holds Swedish citizenship under her mother’s country of birth. 

Liu Yang

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She is the first Chinese woman to go into space. She is a pilot and an astronaut and was from the ranks of fighter pilots.

Roberta Bondar

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She was the first Canadian woman to go into space. She was also the second Canadian national to do the same.

Chiaki Mukai

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She is the first Japanese woman to go into space. She is a physician and JAXA astronaut and was also the first Japanese citizen to have two space flights.

Sally Ride

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She was the first American woman to go into space. An astronaut and physicist, she was the third woman overall to go into space.

Few other noteworthy women:

Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova

She was the third Soviet/Russian woman to go into space and the first woman to travel for both the Soyuz programme and on the Space Shuttle. She was also the first female Russian cosmonaut to visit the International Space Station.

Sunita Williams

She holds the record of the longest space flight by a woman. She is also the first person to run a marathon in space.

Susan Helms

She is the first woman to be on an ISS expedition crew which lasted from March 2001 until August 2001.

Kathryn Sullivan

She is the first American woman to go on an EVA, i.e., to walk in space.

Mae Carol Jemison

She is an American engineer, physician, former NASA astronaut and the first black woman to fly in space.

Eileen Collins

She is the first woman pilot and commander of a space shuttle. She is also the first astronaut to fly the shuttle through a complete 360-degree manoeuvre.

World Space Week is a reminder to the world that the space industry would have missed a lot without these women pioneers, and that, it is yet to witness a lot more!

Stay tuned to know more about iconic women who shaped Indian history and the ones who are shaping it! #InfanoWomen #WorldSpaceWeek

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Sonali

A 'non-9-5 desk job' ambivert geek who chooses her own audience, Sonali loves sharing stories and finding the corners where humanity still exists! She believes that every individual's story is unique and special. She loves writing about the untouched and unspoken segments of society. When not writing, you can find her listening to someone's stories or playing with dogs. Sonali values mental health and encourages people to speak their heart out!

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The Hormone Estrogen And Why Do You Need It Balanced

Written By: Tasneem Akbari Kutubuddin
June 8, 2021 | 11:06 AM |
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Highlights

  • Estrogen is health-supportive, meaning that it supports energy, sleep, libido, mood, skin, metabolism, and more when it’s in optimal amounts throughout our cycle, or when we are menopausal.
  • Estrogen Dominance can also happen if we’re exposed to too many estrogen-like chemicals in our environment like plastics, household cleaning and beauty products.
  • With recent fad diets, eliminating entire food groups and prioritizing weight loss over nutrient content could cause suboptimal levels of these important nutrients. This can also lead to estrogen dominance symptoms
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Have you been feeling a little off lately and not being able to understand why?

While it could be due to many things going wrong in your life, ever wondered if hormones was one of them?

Here are a few questions and if you check most answers then I have news for you.

·   Your energy level has hit a sudden low

·   You are having a tough time remembering things as your brain is foggy most of the time.

·   You can’t keep off sugary and carb rich food and find yourself reaching for it more than usual.

·   You’ve slept well all night but still wake up tired.

·   Your stress and anxiety have gone up

·   You can spot sudden changes in your skin, hair and body.

·   You seem to break down into tears at anything slightly emotional.

·   You can’t seem to control your moods and find yourself lashing out at people around you more than often.

Well, if you got most of the above going for you, then it might be your hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers running the show, day in, day out. They control everything. We’re all hormonal.  Hormones are ongoing, at every age and phase of life across all genders and ages, even kids. Being hormonal, means being alive. It is only when the balance is disrupted and they go out of control that it starts causing havoc.

So if the body is regulated by so many hormones, which hormone exactly could be causing this upheaval in your life?

The answer is Estrogen. Estrogen is ONE of our sex hormones. While all sexes have estrogen, people with ovaries have more. Estrogen plays an important role in nearly 400 functions in the body. Especially for those who menstruate, it fluctuates with our cycle. During the follicular & ovulatory phases it rises and is the highest before ovulation. In the second half of the cycle, it drops & progesterone is boosted (when we ovulate, that is).

If estrogen remains dominant during the second half of the cycle that’s called being estrogen dominant, which can sometimes happen. Estrogen dominance can happen during perimenopause when there’s a shift in ovulation. And during menopause when estrogen and progesterone are out of balance.

What causes Estrogen Dominance?

Estrogen is health-supportive, meaning that it supports energy, sleep, libido, mood, skin, metabolism, & more when it’s in optimal amounts throughout our cycle, or when we are menopausal. It is mainly eliminated via bile & poop. But when this is not being excreted properly from the body, it gets recirculated adding estrogen dominance.

Estrogen Dominance can also happen if we’re exposed to too many estrogen-like chemicals in our environment like plastics, household cleaning and beauty products. These are called xenoestrogens  or even endocrine disruptors. Alcohol can raise estrogen too. Estrogen is broken down & packaged up in the liver & gut so healthy liver & gut functions are important.⠀

With recent fad diets, eliminating entire food groups and prioritizing weight loss over nutrient content could cause suboptimal levels of these important nutrients. This can also lead to estrogen dominance symptoms. It’s also been connected with breast health and cancers.⠀

Important factors that affect estrogen production

·   There are three main types of estrogen produced in the body: estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), & estriol (E3).

·   Estrone is produced by our fat cells. The more we have, the more estrone we produce. Estrone can convert to estradiol.

·   Estrone & estradiol influence our body shape (estradiol = pear, estrone = apple).

Estrogen production is facilitated by these nutrients: zinc, magnesium, boron, B vitamins, vitamin D, vitamin E. But it begins to decline in our 30s or 40s, depending on the women. Many lifestyle factors can affect when this happens, and our experience. During menopause natural estrogen is at its lowest.

Heavy training, exercises, stress, head trauma, birth control, hysterectomies, or other factors can suppress our natural health-supportive estrogen. When this isn’t flowing optimally before menopause, it can result in no periods which can in turn stop progesterone production too.⠀

Make sure you get these nutrients from foods which is one reason why good balanced nutrition for women is so important. ⠀

– B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12⠀

– Vitamin C⠀

– Choline⠀

– Amino acids (from protein)⠀

– Phospholipids (from fats)⠀

– magnesium⠀

– glutathione (comprised of amino acids)⠀

Knowing your hormones can help you work with them and regulate them to keep them in balance and control making sure that you enjoy good health.

Also Read Have You Heard Of Seed Cycling For PCOD?

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Tasneem Akbari Kutubuddin

Tasneem Akbari Kutubuddin has done her masters in Journalism & Communication and has worked as a senior journalist, editor and columnist for leading publications like The Logical Indian, Deccan Chronicle, Worldwide Media Corporation, The Bridge and Provoke.
With Infano, she hopes to create more awareness about women’s health issues. Suffering with Fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition, she has also been advocating for its awareness through media.

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