Gazing out the window of a rocket at Earth’s glistening blue perimeter, Emily Calandrelli’s mind was likely far from away from the trolls that inhabit the internet on this planet.

Astronaut Emily Calandrelli's raw and emotional response to watching the Earth from space was trolled and sexualised by "small men" on social media. | News, US Edition

Emily Calandrelli recently became the 100th woman to travel to space, an achievement that should have been celebrated as a moment of personal triumph and a milestone in space exploration.

Emily Calandrelli, who became the 100th woman to travel into space, received hateful comments on her shared reaction video, CNN reported on Monday. Calandrelli, a TV science program host and aerospace engineer, was one of six ‘space tourists’ who joined this launch.