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15 Years Ago: Two Women Commanders Shake Hands in Space

An historic handshake in space took place on Oct. 25, 1997. For the first time, a woman commander aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, greeted a woman commander of a visiting space shuttle, NASA astronaut Pamela A. Melroy.

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