TIL that Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman in space, arrived at Mir (modular space station) in 1982, where she was greeted with an apron as a welcome present, and jokingly told to get to work in the kitchen by her fellow cosmonauts.

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    2 months ago

    I’m thinking like… It’s just a humor joke thing. From the reading it seems like it was banter and the quick joke was acknowledged and everyone moved on. I think that people get overly sensitive with some things.

    It’s great to have an open mindset to learn but that can go both ways.