Moon crater print in the sand
Ocean Beach, San Francisco

Shoe sole with integrated Moon crater stamp

One Small Step

Building on the oeuvre Women with Impact, the project One Small Step is a series of 3D prints of Moon craters named after women. The project consists of 30 individual Moon crater prints as well as a wearable shoe sole with an integrated convex crater stamp which allows the wearer to create Moon craters while walking. I am inviting prominent women currently working in the field of astronomy to wear one of the crater-soles and perform a meditative walk. The title One Small Step is a reference to Neil Armstrong’s famous words “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” While Armstrong’s use of the term mankind was intended to include women, to date only men have walked on the Moon. The project’s title refers to the exclusion of women in the Apollo program and to the slow progress that is being made in addressing gender equity in the sciences today.