The majority of astronauts(宇航员)from America have been men.At the
(1) of the space programme there was strong
(2) from some people against having women in space.However,some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were
(3) ..In 1978,NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts.Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women,but in many other ways they were very
(4) .Both of them were on Flight STS5LL.
Judy Resnick was a member of the first group of women
(5) for astronaut training in 1978,and in 1984,she became the second woman in space.She was,in many ways,a
(6) astronaut whose whole life was
(7) to space travel.Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut almost by
(8) .In 1984,NASA decided to find a teacher who could
(9) astronauts into space.They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be
(10) in space travel.Christa was a
(11) teacher and she was selected from over 11,000
(12) to go on flight STS5LL.Thousands of
(13) in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to
(14) with Christa in space.Millions of people were watching her
(15) with great interest.