In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space. It was a landmark achievement for the Soviet Union, and for women around the world. But what makes Tereshkova’s story ...

Kathryn Sullivan said spacesuits for a women were a problem in the 1980s. For the first time in U.S. history, an all-woman team of astronauts — Anne McClain and Christina Koch — were scheduled to step ...

NASA shows how space takes a toll on men and women differently. — -- With an upcoming mission to Mars, NASA is studying the ways that living in space affects both men and women. In a study ...

On Monday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle brought six women into space, roughly 62 miles above the earth’s surface, for the first all-women crewed flight since a solo mission in 1963. The ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

This week, a 10-minute rocket ride became a multi-day headline. Katy Perry reportedly sang “It’s A Wonderful World” and Gayle King beamed in zero gravity, as Lauren Sánchez—pilot, philanthropist and ...

Today’s female-only spaceflight was the first since 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova of the former Soviet Union became the first woman in space. All eyes were on the West Texas desert Monday morning as ...

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator of spaceflight artifacts explores the nearly five-decade history of women in ...

The Mercury 13: The astronauts who never were -- Cosmonauts. Valentina Tereshkova: First in space -- Svetlana Savitskaya: No apron for her -- Elena Kondakova: Long-duration stay -- Yelena Serova: ...