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Exploring Space, Unearthing Human Emotions

Ellen Ochoa (left), the first Hispanic female astronaut, and Major Eileen M. Collins, the first woman to be named as a pilot candidate, begin their first day of candidate training at NASA in Houston, Texas, on July 16, 1990. (AP)
Ellen Ochoa (left), the first Hispanic female astronaut, and Major Eileen M. Collins, the first woman to be named as a pilot candidate, begin their first day of candidate training at NASA in Houston, Texas, on July 16, 1990. (AP)

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