Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

Experts explore the effects of spaceflight on women's reproductive health, citing numerous advantages and dismissing some ...

In June 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space, but it would be 20 years before another woman would leave Earth. Astronaut Sally K. Ride became ...

Jemison was on her way to becoming the first woman of colour and first African-American woman in space. Born in 1956 in Decatur, Alabama, Mae Carol Jemison moved to Chicago with her family aged three.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Humanity: First Woman In Space Explore space, empathy, diversity. Feel how it is to be somebody else. Humanity transports you into the body of the first ...

Marina Vasilevskaya became the first Belarusian woman to fly into space as she embarked on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Russia's Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft. Vasilevskaya ...

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 ...

NASA astronaut Suni Williams set a female spacewalk record after venturing outside the International Space Station with ...

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 ...

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina ...