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How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight

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 ...
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A Seat in the Cockpit: Recognizing and Replacing Biases with Gender Inclusive Language

The era of “manned” spaceflight ended long ago, and the continued use of this language diminishes and erases six decades of women’s contributions to spaceflight Emily A. Margolis Christina Koch (left) ...

China sends its youngest astronaut and four black mice to ‘Heavenly Palace’ space station

China’s Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in ...
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From cockpit to cosmos: Shubhanshu Shukla hails IAF training; eyes Gaganyaan mission

NEW DELHI: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who recently returned from space, said on Sunday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) in general and a cockpit in particular have been great teachers in his life ...
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Glamorous social media ‘astronaut’ faces NASA backlash after claiming she was picked to head to space

A Brazilian social media star is facing backlash from NASA after she claimed she was selected as a future astronaut for private missions to the moon and Mars. NASA jacket-wearing content creator Laysa ...