In high school, Aisha Bowe's guidance counselor told her she wasn't suited for a career in aerospace engineering, and that she should try cosmetology instead. On Monday (April 14), Bowe proved that naysayer wrong in a big way, becoming the first Bahamian woman to fly to space.
Bowe was part of Blue Origin's 11th crewed mission, which carried six women on the first all-female spaceflight since the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space over 60 years ago. Inside Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule, Aisha Bowe strapped in alongside her five crewmates for a quick, 10.5-minute suborbital ride to space and back.
