Margaret Weitekamp

Chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Margaret Weitekamp is a renowned aerospace historian and author. She is the chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Weitekamp has written extensively on the history of space exploration and has been recognized for her contributions to the field. She is the author of Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program and Space.