You can read the NASA graphic novel “FIRST WOMAN” in English for free
I always like when NASA has a stand in this type of counter. It's fun to see them show what they're working on and this year it's a graphic novel and interactive experience called Firsts Woman (first lady). Firsts Woman follows Callie Rodriguez, the first woman and person of color to set foot on the moon. She is accompanied by a robot, RT. The graphic novel is written by Brad Gann e Steven list and illustrated by Brent Donoho e Kaitlin Reid. The first volume of Firsts Woman it's 44 pages, with some front and back, and you can download it here, for free (in English). You can also check out their interactive experiences.
The comic itself has a particular style, which I can only define cute and certainly accessible to the younger audience, which is the target of the Experience Firsts Woman. It aims to encourage girls and people of color to think of NASA as a career, even hoping some of them will fly to the stars and become an astronaut. Actually, being an astronaut was my dream as a kid, but I was meant for the humanities, not the STEM disciplines.
The first volume alternates between Callie actually on the moon, and her telling her story of how she also became an astronaut to begin with, and the story she tells definitely shows a lot of hard work getting there. NASA and the team behind this comic aren't saying it's easy to be an astronaut in this comic, which is appreciated. It is a long and difficult journey, full of education, development and training.
The only thing I didn't like very much was the RT robot, which is a little annoying. I'm kind of an animal helper from a Disney movie who is actually a robot. RT plays a big part in how Callie becomes a true astronaut, however, so hopefully they'll lessen the annoyance as they go along.
NASA has a goal of placing a woman and people of color on the moon as the next stage, and I can only hope they get to that point. It's only been nearly fifty years since the last American astronauts moonwalk, so it would be nice to go back, and maybe even set up a stepping stone to Mars. The fifty years spent for NASA have seen much progress and promise for women and people of color in space exploration; I can only hope that the next fifty years, however, will be better than the last fifty, which have been difficult in many ways for NASA.
If you have a child interested in becoming an astronaut or joining NASA, I recommend that you take a look Firsts Woman.
