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The World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland has posted International Women’s Day: What NASA’s latest astronaut picks tell us about gender equality.

“NASA’s latest Astronaut Candidate Class is 60% female, a stellar celebration of International Women’s Day, marking a giant leap for equality in the space sector.”

For the first time, NASA’s latest Astronaut Candidate Class includes more women than men.

Four astronauts have been selected for NASA’s Artemis II mission: Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, and mission specialist Christina Koch from NASA.
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It follows a positive trend for gender equality in space travel, the posting explains, and is something to celebrate on International Women’s Day on March 8.

The contents of the posting are: Mind the space gap; Building a better pipeline; The bigger picture; and What next?

Go to:

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/03/iwd-astronauts-gender-equality-nasa-esa/