The First Woman on the Moon, NASA’s interactive graphic novel

It is a fictional story, which could soon become reality. “First woman: Nasa’s Promise for Humanity»Is the interactive and digital graphic novel with which NASA tells the story of Callie Rodriguez, the first woman to explore the Moon. Callie is a fictional character, but it is true that the first female and black astronaut will soon set foot on the moon as part of the Artemis program, which aims to establish a long-term presence on our satellite.

Since childhood, Callie has an ambitious goal of being the first woman on the moon.

Perseverance and passion allow her to make her dreams come true, but he faces many challenging challenges along the way. Accompanying the astronaut on his journey is his robotic helper who, in honor of Callie’s father, is called Arturo, has a quirky personality and shines with brilliant humor. With this graphic novel, NASA aims to inspire the next generation of astronauts, the «Artemis generation».

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“Callie’s story shows how passion, dedication and perseverance allow us to make our dreams come true,” said NASA deputy administrator Pam Melroy. “Callie, just like me, has developed her skills, she took the learning opportunities and overcame the challenges of becoming a NASA astronaut. Its diversity is reflected today in our body of astronauts: it is important that we can see ourselves as explorers among the stars ».

In 40 pages, the comic shows NASA’s technologies to travel, land on the Moon and explore it. But the graphic novel also allows readers to interact through augmented reality, using the First Woman website or mobile devices: you can download the First Woman app for Android or iOS to explore life-sized environments and 3D objects, including NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the lunar surface. There are also videos, games and challenges, to earn collectible badges and to virtually participate in NASA missions.

“We created this graphic novel and this digital project for sharing the work of NASA in a different and exciting waySaid Derek Wang, communications director for the Space Technology Mission Directorate. «We decided to make the content attractive and accessible. From space fans of all ages to educators looking for new ways to bring students closer to Stem, we hope there is something for everyone. “