You have probably heard Marcia Belsky's song "100 Tampons" that humorously highlights a true story about Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, who was offered an excessive supply of ...

Sault Ste. Marie’s Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman, the second Canadian, and the first neurologist in space 33 years ago today. She flew aboard space shuttle Discovery ...

as well as Ride’s rise at NASA and journey to becoming the first American woman in space. In the film, Kathy Sullivan, a scientist and former astronaut from Ride’s NASA class, also credits ...

This marked the only shuttle landing at White Sands. First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June 18, 1983, marked a pivotal milestone: Sally Ride became the ...

On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first ...

She worked as a domestic worker to raise money for English classes, eventually going to college for space science and aerospace engineering, and becoming the first Latina woman admitted to the ...

As part of Project Mercury, NASA prepared to send a chimpanzee, Ham, into space to test the effects of space on a living creature. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our Partners ...

The Apollo I and space shuttle Challenger and Columbia astronauts were remembered during an annual ceremony at Kennedy Space ...

In a first for India, life has sprouted on a craft sent into space by the country. Cowpea seeds sent on the PS4-Orbital Experiment Module (POEM), or the Bharatiya Space Lab, have germinated in the ...

This follows her leadership at the Kennedy Space Center. Petro’s appointment ... A Historic Appointment Petro is the first woman to lead NASA since its founding in 1958. She takes over from ...