But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...

With NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore returning to Earth on Tuesday after nine months in space, ...

Astronaut and Jupiter mom Kellie Gerardi is training for her second trip to space in 2026. Here's how it compares with her ...

1983: Astrophysicist Sally K. Ride was the first American woman to launch into space. She went to space twice and investigated the loss of the seven-member Space Shuttle Challenger crew in January ...

On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history as the first American woman to journey into space, soaring aboard the shuttle ...

Kellie Gerardi, an astronaut, mom and fashion lover, is one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year. She shows girls STEM and ...

∎ Amanda Nguyen. Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist, said that "as the first Vietnamese woman to go to space, I’m flying for Vietnamese girls to see themselves in the stars." ...

Gerardi was the first female payload specialist to go to space with Virgin Galactic. Two bioastronautics researchers will join her on her next trip: Shawna Pandya from Canada and Norah Patten from ...

JUPITER, Fla. − When Kellie Gerardi glanced down at Earth from space for the first time a year ago, her jaw dropped. It was a moment she couldn’t have prepared for. One thought ran through her ...