Disclaimer: This fan page was created to archive and celebrate NASA's First Woman series. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA. All rights to characters and content belong to NASA.
Issue #1: Dream to Reality follows Callie's trailblazing path as the first woman on the Moon. Callie and her robot sidekick, RT, overcome setbacks, disappointment, and tragedy along the way. From her childhood dreams of space travel to being selected as an astronaut candidate, Callie takes us on her journey to the Moon.
Issue #2: Expanding Our Universe picks up where we left off with Callie, RT, and Dan in a treacherous situation on the Moon. Callie and her new team, Astronaut Meshaya Billy and Canadian Astronaut Martin Tremblay, use their training and human ingenuity to deploy a next-generation space telescope. We see how teamwork and perseverance help the crew overcome the challenges of living and working on other worlds.
Unfortunately, NASA was forced to take down the First Woman series during the Trump administration while Issue #3 was in development, and it is unknown if it will ever be released. However, this site works to preserve and celebrate the story's legacy and encourages NASA to continue this inspiring series for readers of all ages around the world. Because, as Callie persevered through the challenges she faced to become an astronaut, humanity will persevere toward the stars and towards a world we know will exist: a world where anyone's dream can become a reality.
NASA's first fictional woman to walk on the Moon, Callie is brave, determined, and compassionate. She's a dreamer and doer who never gave up, even when the odds were stacked against her. Callie represents every girl who looks to the sky and sees possibility.
Callie's witty and resourceful robot sidekick. RT helps with lunar missions, collects samples, offers advice, and provides comic relief. A loyal friend who makes lunar life a little easier and a lot more fun.
Callie's fellow astronaut and Artemis teammate. Meshaya is a technical expert and inspiring leader who shares Callie's mission to make space exploration inclusive and collaborative. She's smart, courageous, and visionary.
This site was created to preserve and honor NASA's groundbreaking graphic novel series, First Woman, which centers around the fictional character Callie Rodriguez -- a smart, driven, and compassionate woman of color who became the first woman to walk on the Moon.
Sadly, the First Woman series was prematurely ended and removed from NASA's website during the Trump administration, reportedly due to concerns about its central themes of diversity and representation. As Yahoo News and other sources reported, critics within the administration viewed the series as "too political" for depicting a young Latina as NASA's hero and role model.
Yet the story of Callie Rodriguez has already inspired a new generation of girls -- and especially girls of color -- to dream of careers in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and space exploration. The young woman who built this site counts herself among them.
We believe that diversity, kindness, and inclusion fuel ingenuity and possibility. Silencing stories like Callie's only limits the future. Callie will live on permanently here -- as a symbol of what NASA, and indeed humanity, can be when it champions all of humanity.
"I may be fictional, but the inspiration is real." -- Callie Rodriguez