Mission Specialists Ochoa, Payette, and Jernigan with National Women's Party Banner
1999
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This photograph shows STS-96 mission specialists Ellen Ochoa, Julie Payette, and Tamara Jernigan floating together aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. STS-96 was the first shuttle flight to dock with the International Space Station.
The original caption for this photograph reads: [The astronauts hold] the gold, white and purple suffrage banner from the National Woman's Party. This actual banner was used early in the century (around 1916-1920) as women fought for the right to vote. It was borrowed from the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington D.C. which is now the official home/museum of the National Woman's Party. Ochoa used it in the public service announcement that she did from space discussing the Presidential Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History (of which she is a member) and NASA's contribution to the report the Commission wrote and presented to the President.
The original caption for this photograph reads: [The astronauts hold] the gold, white and purple suffrage banner from the National Woman's Party. This actual banner was used early in the century (around 1916-1920) as women fought for the right to vote. It was borrowed from the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington D.C. which is now the official home/museum of the National Woman's Party. Ochoa used it in the public service announcement that she did from space discussing the Presidential Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History (of which she is a member) and NASA's contribution to the report the Commission wrote and presented to the President.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
National Archives Identifier: 23209923
Full Citation: Photograph 255-STS-STS056-29-016.jpg; MS Jernigan, MS Ochoa and MS Payette with National Women's Party Banner; 1999; STS-56; Mission Photographs Taken During the Space Shuttle Program , 4/12/1981 - 7/21/2011; Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Record Group 255; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/sts-96-national-womens-party, April 23, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
