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Laurène Delsupexhe, a Chemical Propulsion Engineer at the European Space Agency, traced the remarkable progress of women in space exploration while noting that gender equality remains an unfinished journey. More than six decades after thirteen pioneering women demonstrated they could meet the same demanding physical tests as America's first male astronauts, women continue to fight for equal participation in space programs. The discussion highlighted institutional exclusion such as that faced by the Mercury 13 and renewed ambitions under NASA's Artemis programme.