Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first lady and eighth person ever to reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in any ocean, on Sunday.
It wasnt the very first record-breaking moment of her profession..
Sullivan, who is now 68, was one of the very first women picked for the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1978. She became the first American female to finish a spacewalk in 1984, outside the Challenger space shuttle.
After her astronaut days ended, Sullivan led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sullivan nearly didnt pursue a profession in science– when she got in college, she planned to major in languages and become a translator. She used to NASAs call for astronauts on a whim, assuming she would not be chosen. Ever since, Sullivans profession has taken her to some of the most intriguing put on and off of Earth. Heres how she did it.
