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

In 2008, Whitson (second from the bottom in the photo) became the first woman to command the International Space Station (ISS). Her career with NASA saw her spend 665 days in space, the most time ...

This mission also marks the first all-female spaceflight since June 16, 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly into space on a solo mission to Earth’s orbit, according to ...

Out of over 600 people who have traveled to space, only 100 have been women. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space.

Tam O’Shaughnessy, partner of the first U.S. woman in space, tells TIME about their relationship ahead of powerful new documentary "Sally." ...

On June 18, 1983, she made history aboard the space shuttle. America's first woman in space had joined NASA after responding to a newspaper ad. "I knew that's what I wanted to do," she said.

It was Space Shuttle Challenger’s sixth flight, and the first crew to include two women. Sally Ride on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-41-G mission in 1984. (NASA) ...

A statue honoring Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, CA, Friday, June 30, 2023. ... (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, ...

NASA offered a big clue this week as it officially unveiled the team of astronauts eligible for the upcoming moon-landing mission planned as part of the Artemis program. The 18 astronauts — nine ...

Female pioneers expanded access for women in space. Now we're doing it for everyone else. As a 9-year-old farm kid living in Iowa, I dreamed of going to space.

On her first mission, flying on NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1985, Cleave became the 10th woman to travel into space. On the mission, she served as a flight engineer and helped operate the ...

"The Space Gal" has become the 100th woman to fly into space. Emily Calandrelli lifted off as one of the six passengers aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket today (Nov. 22).