Blue Origin was forced to film video of astronaut Emily Calandrelli’s reaction to space due to hateful, sexist comments

Blue Origin was forced to remove a clip of astronaut Emily Calandrelli’s candid reaction to being in space after the post was attacked by misogynistic internet trolls.

Calandrelli, 37, a TV science show host and aerospace engineer who on Friday became the 100th woman to go into space aboard one of the company’s ships, said critics were moved to tears by the short video showing her floating upside down in zero gravity. He looked at the Earth through a window.

“This is our planet. Oh my God, this is space,” Calandrelli expressed emotionally in the clip.

Almost immediately, thousands of hateful Netizens posted offensive comments targeting her, including her appearance. According to Daily Mail.

“Being a woman is not an accomplishment,” one user wrote about the standout MIT graduate.

Another man posted: “Would you consider yourself the hottest woman in space? Are there any other contestants?”

One person added: “Why is she moaning, I can’t hear her.”

The responses were so hurtful that instead of basking in billionaire Jeff Bezos’ historic success with the Origin spacecraft, Calandrelli said: on Instagram on Monday She said she was in tears as she flew home after the mission.

“This all happened while I was flying home after having the most perfect, wonderful dream-fulfillment experience of my life,” he wrote. “And instead of being on cloud nine, I’m sitting on my couch crying looking out the window. Because of course it happened. Of course I should have expected this.”

She said she texted other female astronauts, her “space sisters,” for advice, and they reassured her and told her she had “nothing to be ashamed of.”

“To be honest, I needed to spend some time on feminism,” she said.

“But I refuse to spend too much time on the little guys on the internet. I feel the experiences in my soul. This is a trait I inherited from my father. We feel every emotion deeply and what a beautiful life experience this is. This joy is tattooed on my heart.

“I won’t apologize or feel weird about my reaction. It’s all mine and I love it.”

Calandrelli added that when he got off the plane he was taking home after his duty, he was recognized by a female flight attendant who saw him crying.

“‘Don’t let them dull your shine,'” the flight attendant told Calandrelli, according to the astronaut in the post.

“I felt an instant sense of camaraderie with her, with all the women,” Calandrelli said.

Calandrelli, better known online as “Space Gal,” is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated TV host with a significant following talking about space and science.

The enthusiastic astronaut publicly documented his preparations for spaceflight, in which he compiled a flash drive filled with a list of his followers’ dreams and said he would take them into space, raising thousands of dollars for children’s charities. period.

He and five other “space tourists” departed from Blue Origin’s Texas spaceport on Friday for the ninth manned test of the company’s New Shepherd spacecraft.

The New Shepard capsule, RSS First Step, touched down back on Earth approximately 10 minutes after liftoff and two and a half minutes after the booster landed. According to Space News.

Blue Origin said the capsule reached an altitude of 66 kilometers (41 miles) above sea level.

“You see many emotions intertwined,” Calandrelli wrote of his experience. “Excitement, admiration and pride; but to be honest, there is also a bit of fear and confusion. You’ve just launched into a rocket and you see something you’ve never seen before (all weightless and upside down).

“Scary, exciting, confusing and completely and utterly joyful. Incredibly cheerful.”

Blue Origin did not respond to the Post’s request for comment Tuesday.