Karen Nyberg

UN Celebrates Girls And Women In Science

11 February, 2016 / Inspirational women

Only 15% of engineering degree applicants in the UK are girls and 9% of the UK engineering workforce are female. That’s right, it’s in the single digits! Having carried out physics and engineering degrees in the UK, this statistic pains me. Relatedly, physics is the 3rd most popular A-level for boys but only the 19th for girls. Half …

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Sunita Williams To Fly To ISS On US Commercial Vehicle

27 August, 2015 / Astronauts, Inspirational women

After launching to space on both NASA’s Space Shuttle and then the Russian Soyuz rocket, Sunita (Suni) Williams will be one of the first female NASA astronaut to fly onboard the new US commercial vehicles being developed. Suni, who formerly held the record for the longest EVA (spacewalk) time by a female astronaut, was chosen along with astronaut …

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Karen Nyberg

UN Celebrates Girls And Women In Science

Sunita Williams To Fly To ISS On US Commercial Vehicle

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