A Vietnamese-American astronaut has opened up about her depression after she received a "tsunami of harassment" following the ...

Amanda Nguyen, the first Vietnamese-American woman to fly into space as part of a historic all-woman crew in April, says she ...

Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi reached the stars and made history on May 21. As part of the SpaceX Ax-2 mission, the 34-year-old became the first woman from her country to reach space. She ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, Sally, about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.

China is preparing to launch people to a prototype space station for the first time, and the crew may include the first female Chinese astronaut, or taikonaut. Chinese space agency officials have ...

Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker David Darg (Body Team Twelve, You Cannot Kill David Arquette) has signed to direct Emirati female-led drama The Desert Beyond about a young woman with ...

Jhanvi Dangeti dreams of being India's first female astronaut, inspired since childhood by stories of lunar legends told by her grandmother and influenced by astronauts like Rakesh Sharma, Sunita ...

Megan McArthur, the NASA astronaut who became the first woman to pilot a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, recently concluded a space a career spanning more than two decades. A trailblazer, the veteran of two ...

America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died. Cobb died in Florida at age 88 on March 18 following a brief ...