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In this April 8, 2010 photograph, STS-

mission specialists Stephanie Wilson of

NASA, Naoko Yamazaki of the Japanese

Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),

Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger of NASA,

and Expedition 23 flight engineer Tracy

Caldwell Dyson (top left) work at the

robotics workstation on the International

Space Station, in support of transfer

operations using the station’s Canadarm

robotic arm to move cargo from the Multi-

Purpose Logistics Module. The STS-

mission’s seven-member crew launched

aboard space shuttle Discovery on April

5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre,

joining the six residents of the space

station when the shuttle docked on April 7.

The merging of the two crews marked the

first time four women were in space at the

same time.

PHOTO: NASA

Celebrating

International

Women’s Day

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