Mom in Space

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mom in Space </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight Lisa Ampleman explores subjects ranging from the personal to the political from fertility tests and parenting to climate change and civil rights.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As NASA and commercial space companies gear up for Artemis missions to the moon </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mom in Space</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> offers new conceptions of women in space incorporating both fictional and real female astronauts among them the first mom in space (Anna Fisher) and the first Black woman in space (Mae Jemison). With a sense of both awe and informed inquiry </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mom in Space</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> considers what spaceflight means not just for those who get rocketed into space but for those who stay home.</span></p>