But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in 1963—two decades before Ride took her historic spaceflight.There was ...

The director of 'Spacewoman,' about the Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a space shuttle mission, had its European ...

With NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore returning to Earth on Tuesday after nine months in space, we take a look at the women, the firsts, who lit the way for those who dre ...

The countdown is on for an all-female crew, headlined by singer Katy Perry, to blast off to space on a Blue Origin rocket.

Rabea Rogge has become the first German woman to go into space. She did so aboard a SpaceX rocket flying directly over Earth's polar regions for the first time.

During her eight-day mission on Endeavour in 1992, she became the first woman of color to travel to space, conducting 44 science experiments alongside her crewmates. "Space gives us a remarkable ...

In a momentous leap for gender representation in space exploration, Rabea Rogge from Berlin has made history as the first German woman to go to space. This groundbreaking event underscores not only ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Astronauts Nicole Mann and Koichi Wakata venture out on a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first Native American ...