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Podcast: New Books in African American Studies
Episode: Hidden No More: A Conversation with Space Suit Technician Sharon McDougle
Description: Who dresses the astronauts for flight? Why are the suits orange? And how are they cared for? Sharon Caples McDougle joins us to talk about her work as a modern day hidden figure, a space suit technician responsible for processing the orange launch and re-entry pressure suit assemblies worn by all NASA space shuttle astronauts. She explains how she became one of only two women CEE Suit Technicians, led the first and only all-female suit tech crew, and how she made history when she suited up Dr. Mae Jemison.Our guest is: Sharon Caples McDougle, who began h...