Research scientist Amanda Nguyen opened up about struggling with depression in the months after taking part in Blue Origin's controversial first all-female flight. "When Gayle [King] called to check in on me in the aftermath of the spaceflight, I told her my depression might last for years. Another dream turned into a nightmare," Nguyen, 34, who became the first Vietnamese woman to go to space, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, December 28. Nguyen recalled the immediate reaction about the round-trip expedition to the edge of space.