Marquette University e-Publications@Marquette College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications Communication, College of Spring 2019 Visible/invisible: Female astronauts and technology in Star Trek: Discovery and National Geographic's Mars Amanda R. Keeler Marquette University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Keeler, Amanda R., "Visible/invisible: Female astronauts and technology in Star Trek: Discovery and National Geographic's Mars" (2019). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 520. https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/520 Marquette University e-Publications@Marquette Communication Faculty Research and Publications/College of Communication This paper is NOT THE PUBLISHED VERSION; but the author’s final, peer-reviewed manuscript. The published version may be accessed by following the link in th citation below. Science Fiction Film and Television, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2019): 127-150. DOI. This article is © Liverpool University Press and permission has been granted for this version to appear in e- Publications@Marquette. Liverpool University Press does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Liverpool University Press. Visible/invisible: Female astronauts and technology in Star Trek: Discovery and National Geographic's Mars Amanda Keeler Digital Media and Performing Arts, College of Communication, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI Abstract This article examines the newest television programme in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Discovery (2017–) and National Geographic’s part-documentary, part-fictional series Mars (2016–). I argue that Discovery and Mars make visible the depiction of developing technology and a breadth and depth of female astronaut characters, two elements that have been historically marginalised in sf narratives such as Star Trek: The Original Series (1966–9).