Kathy Sullivan, first woman to script history twice

First woman to walk in space is also the first to reach ocean’s deepest point. Yes, Kathy Sullivan made history twice in her commendable lifetime. Nearly 25 years after she became the first US woman to walk in space, Sullivan became the first woman to ever reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in our planet’s […]

First woman to walk in space is also the first to reach ocean’s deepest point. Yes, Kathy Sullivan made history twice in her commendable lifetime.

Nearly 25 years after she became the first US woman to walk in space, Sullivan became the first woman to ever reach Challenger Deep, the deepest point in our planet’s oceans. She’s the only person ever to do both.

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Sullivan is the eighth person in history make the dive, according to EYOS Expeditions, the company that coordinated the mission.

The 68-year-old copiloted a submersible called the Limiting Factor with the millionaire adventurer and investor Victor Vescovo.

The first thing the two did after they got back to the surface was call the astronauts on the International Space Station.

“As a hybrid oceanographer and astronaut, this was a once in a lifetime day – seeing the moonscape of the Challenger Deep and then comparing notes with my colleagues on the ISS about our remarkable, reusable, inner-space outer-spacecraft,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan and Vescovo spent about 10 hours aboard the Limiting Factor, a two-person submersible built by Triton Submarines and Caladan Oceanic.

It took four hours to descend to the crushing depth of 35,810 feet. They spent 1 1/2 hours on the ocean floor, then another four hours ascending.

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