A set of memorabilia chronicling Sally Ride's pioneering path to space just fetched a pretty penny at auction. In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach the final frontier, on ...

Sally Ride was a pioneer, a trailblazing astronaut. But there's one thing you won't find in the history books about the first American woman in space. That part of her legacy is now being told by her ...

A new National Geographic documentary reveals the untold story of astronaut and astrophysicist Sally Ride’s private romance with her life partner, tennis player Tam O’Shaughnessy. Sally premiered on ...

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, has passed away at the age of 61 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, her foundation said in a press release. At the age of 32, ...

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight. Valerie Neal Sally Ride at the Lyndon B. Johnson ...

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Engineers commanded the twin spacecraft, Ebb and Flow, to fire their engines and burn their remaining fuel. Ebb plunged first followed by Flow about 30 seconds later. Afterward, NASA said it had ...

It may still be an uncomfortable subject for some, but periods are a real thing that people need to manage. But what do ...

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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 ...