First U.S. woman to walk in space attains new height, becomes first woman to reach the deepest known point on Earth.
Sullivan, the first U.S. woman to walk in space, a veteran of three shuttle missions and an enshrined member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, took a perilous journey downward this week.
Completing the expedition in their submersible, Sullivan and her her fellow Victor Vescovo coordinated a call with the International Space Station.
In a statement released by supporters of the expedition, EYOS Expedition, she said, "As a hybrid oceanographer and astronaut this was an extraordinary day, a once in a lifetime day, seeing the moonscape of the Challenger Deep and then comparing notes with my colleagues on the ISS about our remarkable reusable inner-space outer-spacecraft."
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