Two female astronauts create history by flying further than any ...
The pioneering female astronauts who never saw space - BBC
At the height of the space race, a group of highly skilled female pilots trained to go into space – but never made it into orbit.
Virgin Galactic Completes First Private Astronaut Spaceflight ...
Third Successful Spaceflight in Just Over Three Months · Historic Mission Flew First Olympian, First Female Astronauts from Caribbean and Most Women Flown in a ...
Her second shuttle flight made history as the first space mission with two female crew members. When Challenger blasted off for STS-41G on Oct. 5, 1984, Sally ...
Timeline: Women in Space - NPR
Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. She spends more time in space than all of the astronauts of NASA's ...
NASA names first woman, Black astronauts to Artemis II crew
NASA has announced that Christina Koch will be the first woman on a lunar mission, and Victor Glover will be the first African American on ...
Biography: Sally Ride - National Women's History Museum
Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. She made her journey ... future space flights. Ride was one of only 5 women selected for NASA's class ...
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became ...
Sally Ride: First U.S. Woman in Space, and More
Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in June 1983. Ride's presence on Space Shuttle Challenger was a ride into history, ...
Beyond Polaris Dawn Alum and Astronaut Jared Isaacman Explores ...
Jared Isaacman — Embry‑Riddle alumnus and commander of the Polaris Dawn Mission — recently made history when he led the first-ever all-civilian ...
Kathy Sullivan: The woman who's made history in sea and space
Kathy Sullivan is the first person to ever travel to both space and the bottom of the ocean.
Space race timeline | Royal Museums Greenwich
Most historians agree that the space race ended on 20 July 1969 when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon for the first time. As the climax of space history and ...
Mae Jemison Biography - National Women's History Museum
Astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space. Discover more at womenshistory.org.
Blue Origin Completes 26th Mission to Space with Six Crew Onboard
Karsen Kitchen made history as the youngest woman ever to cross the Kármán line. Rob Ferl became the first NASA-funded researcher to conduct an ...
How Two Stranded Astronauts Are Camping Out in Space | TIME
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are reportedly making do as their eight-day mission stretches to a months-long one.
Sunita Williams | Biography, Achievements, & Facts - Britannica
... astronaut who set records on her three flights to the International Space Station. Her first two spaceflights combined lasted more than 321 days
9 Notable Women in Space - Northrop Grumman
2. Kathryn Sullivan. Kathryn Sullivan completed the first spacewalk by an American woman in 1984. Nearly 40 years ago, the Challenger carried ...
First woman in space: Valentina - ESA
Interested in parachuting from a young age, Tereshkova began skydiving at a local flying club, making her first jump at the age of 22 in May 1959. At the time ...
1 The Evolution of the U.S. Astronaut Program
at the peak of space shuttle flights and preparation for the ISS in 2000. Vehicle habitable volume and flight rate also increased. The Mercury capsule flew with ...
Women Pioneers of Space - Mystic Seaport Museum
Kathryn Sullivan joined Ride on the mission, making history as the first space flight that included two women. Ride never thought that she had done something ...
Katherine Bennell-Pegg: Australia's First Astronaut Makes History
In July 2024, Sydney woman Katherine Bennell-Pegg made history as the first astronaut to graduate under the Australian flag and the first female astronaut in ...