Women have been involved in getting people to space for decades. We&rsquo\;ll start by exploring some trailblazers w ho helped popularize and advance air travel\, and then we&rsquo\;ll spotli ght women who were pioneers in the era of rocketry and space exploration.< /p>\n
Michelle Nichols-Yehling is Director of Public Observing at the&nb sp\;Adler Planetarium \;in Chicago\, IL\, and has worked at the Adler since June 1995. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Ast ronomy from the \;University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \;and a Master of Education degree in Curriculum and Instruction from \;Nat ional-Louis University. \;Ms. Nichols leads the Adler Planetarium's te lescope\, observatory\, and public sky-observing initiatives and events. B efore landing at the Adler Planetarium\, Michelle worked at U.S. Space Cam p (Titusville\, FL)\, the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium (Cocoa\, FL)\, an d the Staerkel Planetarium (Champaign\, IL). Since 1999\, Michelle has bee n a popular local speaker\, giving hundreds of presentations to more than 130 public libraries\, community organizations\, and senior living facilit ies in the Chicago suburbs\, Indiana\, and Alabama.
\nMs. Nichols-Ye hling's programs are geared toward adults\, though her general recommendat ion is that programs would be appropriate for children ages 10 and up.
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