The panel for "Women in Space" event at the North Side's Moonshot Museum. Photo: Alexis Johnson/Axios
The Moonshot Museum, a space museum located in Astrobotic's North Side headquarters, highlighted women in aerospace with a focus on inclusion, mentorship and the industry's future at an event last week.
Why it matters: "Aerospace wasn't originally designed with women in mind," said Moonshot educator Stephanie Carlson, making efforts to expand representation critical to the industry's future.
Zoom in: The inaugural "Women in Space" event featured a panel discussion with women working in aerospace, engineering and robotics.
Special guests were offered a tour of Astrobotic, the Pittsburgh-based space exploration company connected to the museum.
The company works with NASA to launch lunar landers into space, sending rovers to the Moon for research missions.
The bottom line: "Until I see half and half of both women and men building that lunar lander, our job is not nearly done," said Astrobotic marketing and communications director Alivia Chapla.
If you go: The Moonshot Museum is located at 1016 N. Lincoln Ave. in the North Side
