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How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight
For 30 years, Valerie Neal curated the human spaceflight artifact collections at the National Air and Space Museum. But after ...
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This Historian Interviewed Nearly Every Woman Astronaut and Learned How They Redefined NASA Forever
For most of NASA’s history, space was a man’s domain, a boys’ club in orbit. The first astronauts were all military test ...
JUPITER — On the second anniversary of Jupiter native Kellie Gerardi making the trip to space, the town has seen fit for all ...
Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved. Diane Tedeschi Marsha Ivins (at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in 1995) flew on five space shuttle missions, logging more than 1,300 hours ...
NASA’s Class of 1978, ‘represent the most competent, talented, and experienced people available to us today.’ ...
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'It's harder to be a parent than a space shuttle commander', trailblazing Nasa pilot tells BBC
"As the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle, I worked very hard at that because I didn't want people to say, 'Oh look, 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 ...
Once a trailblazing astronaut, NASA’s spacecraft commander Eileen Collins is now making headlines as her new documentary on ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- NC State alum and NASA astronaut Christina Koch set a new record for longest single spaceflight by a woman. The record was 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Koch ...
Is outer space a man's domain? You might think so in Germany, where the country's 11 astronauts have all been men. They also dominate mission control at the German Space Operations Center, although ...
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