The history of space exploration is filled with pioneering figures, but few are as iconic as Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Her historic flight on June 16, 1963, was a monumental ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off on the ...

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 ...

Before spaceflight became more inclusive, a few extraordinary women broke through the stratosphere — and the barriers of history. The journey wasn’t easy. These women came from different countries, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go into space, was not amused by comments made by a CBS News host on Monday morning.

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 ...

In 1983, Sally Ride made global headlines as the first US woman in space and the third woman after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya. A new documentary, Sally, directed by ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – March is Women’s History Month, but when it comes to space history, the numbers tell a stark story. More than 500 fewer women have traveled to space compared with men. At the ...

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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: ...