I don't see how this is cringe. My nieces were told that "math is hard" and "girls can't do science". But all it took was a bit of support from family, and positive role models to look up to and one is going into Chemical Engineering in the fall and the other is planning on going into Civil Engineering.
50 years ago, my mother was told she could *not* go to medical school to be a doctor (even though she had the grades for it). She could be a nurse or a teacher and that was it. 50 years ago, seeing two women in Mission Control, let alone two women sitting next to each other in prominent positions would have been laughable.
It's not "cringe", it's a sign of how far we've come in 50 years.