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A lithograph of Girl Scout astronauts. Portraits of 33 women of various races and ethnicities curve around part of Earth (bottom left). On Earth are embossed words “doctors, educators, engineers, pilots, scientists.” At top left is the Moon, and at top right is the International Space Station. From left to right, bottom to top, the astronauts are Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, Kayla Barron, Yvonne D. Cagle, Laurel B. Clark, Eileen M. Collins, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, N. Jan Davis, Anna L. Fisher, Susan J. Helms, Joan E. Higginbotham, Kathryn P. Hire, Tamara E. Jernigan, Susan L. Kilrain, Christina H. Koch, Wendy B. Lawrence, Sandra H. Magnus, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Megan McArthur, Jessica U. Meir, Pamela A. Melroy, Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Barbara R. Morgan, Lisa M. Nowak, Loral O’Hara, Kathleen Rubins, M. Rhea Seddon, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Kathryn C. Thornton, Janice E. Voss, Jessica Watkins, Mary Ellen Weber, and Sunita L. Williams.

It’s Girl Scout Day! March 12, 2024, is the 112th birthday of Girl Scouts in the United States, and to celebrate, we’re sharing a lithograph of the Girl Scout alumnae who became NASA astronauts.

Girl Scouts learn to work together, build community, embrace adventurousness and curiosity, and develop leadership skills—all of which come in handy as an astronaut. For example, former Scouts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked together to make history on Oct. 18, 2019, when they performed the first all-woman spacewalk.

Pam Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and became NASA’s deputy administrator on June 21, 2021.

Nicole Mann was the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space when she launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Currently, Loral O’Hara is aboard the space station, conducting science experiments and research.

Participating in thoughtful activities in leadership and STEM in Girl Scouts has empowered and inspired generations of girls to explore space, and we can’t wait to meet the future generations who will venture to the Moon and beyond.

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