Emily Calandrelli, 100th woman in space, refuses to bow to ‘small men on the internet’

Iulian Moșneagu

CNN  —  Gazing out the window of a rocket at Earth’s glistening blue perimeter, Emily Calandrelli’s mind was likely far from away from the trolls that inhabit the internet on this planet. But less than 24 hours after the MIT engineer and TV host known as “Space Gal” became the 100th woman to venture into space, “hoards of men” online sexualized her raw and emotional response, the author and astronaut said in a social media post. In a video released by Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin,