Historian Valerie Neal reveals how women astronauts transformed NASA and redefined what it means to explore space.

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 ...

Among the trailblazing women, those who had long aspired to spaceflight learned to fly airplanes in hopes of improving their ...

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 ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut candidates were recently named, and Gulfstream’s Director of Flight Test Engineering, Katherine Spies, was one of 10 selected. NASA ...

A member of NASA's 2025 astronaut candidate class is from New York's Hudson Valley, the agency revealed during a ceremony at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Monday, Sept. 22.

An Indiana man and a Kentucky woman are part of NASA's newest astronaut class announced on Monday.NASA announced 10 candidates who will complete nearly two years of training before becoming eligible ...

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — A woman from Sammamish joined the prestigious ranks of NASA astronaut candidates Monday. Lauren Edgar, 40, of Sammamish was one of 10 candidates named to this year’s class out of ...

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.