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Aisha Sabatini Sloan is an essayist and the author of four books, including “Dreaming of Ramadi in Detroit” and “Captioning the Archives,” which she co-authored with her father, photographer Lester Sloan.

NPR pop culture critic and podcaster Aisha Harris looks back at what prompted her to look at the world more intently: Disney movies, the Black filmmaking canon and the Spice Girls.

Also on board were Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez, TV presenter Gayle King, former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

King, pop star Katy Perry, documentarian Kerianne Flynn, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyễn, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe and Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez comprised the largest all-woman space mission crew since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s 1963 solo flight.

Also on board are former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.