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

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

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

Lauren Sánchez will have a new pal joining her on her upcoming, all-female trip to space on a Blue Origin rocket: Flynn, the character from her first children's book, The Fly Who Flew to Space ...

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 ...

Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman to go to space, remembered on her birth anniversary A file photo of Kalpana Chawla. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor 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." ...

The number of bars in the United States dedicated to showing women’s sports is expected to quadruple this year, from six at ...

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 ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She had a distinguished education and career in aerospace engineering ...

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 ...

PHOENIX (AP) — When you walk into Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix’s Melrose District, its mission to be a haven for watching ...