In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space. It was a landmark achievement for the Soviet Union, and for women around the world. But what makes Tereshkova’s story ...

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 ...

On Monday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle brought six women into space, roughly 62 miles above the earth’s surface, for the first all-women crewed flight since a solo mission in 1963. The ...

These women broke boundaries and reached for the stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before spaceflight became more inclusive, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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Blue Origin's historic all-women flight crew that journeyed 62 miles above Earth's surface to the official boundary of space and then touched down in West Texas has been met with a collective shrug ...