Valentina Tereshkova, the First Woman in Space
But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...
Women In Space – The Firsts
With NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore returning to Earth on Tuesday after nine months in space, ...
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...
Women in space: An international timeline of their milestones to the stars and back
More than 600 people who have launched into space. Only 100 have been women. Here are those who made milestones with their treks.
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Simple Science: Katy Perry joins all-female space crew
The mission marks a historic moment, as it will be the first all-female space crew since Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo space flight in 1963. The trip will last about 11 minutes ...