To simulate menstrual fluid, the team used glycerol, a thick liquid similar in consistency to blood. In both pre-flight and ...

Scientists have launched menstrual cups into space for the first time, testing whether these reusable devices can withstand the extreme conditions of space travel. The AstroCup mission represents a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut ...

Makeup. Though NASA engineers offered to create a spaceflight-ready makeup kit for her journey, she turned them down, and reporters often commented on her freckled, fresh-faced appearance.

A Love Story" blends high-stakes space drama with layered emotional relationships, following two women astronauts during a ...

Famously, NASA dudes prepped for her trip by packing her a makeup kit (feel free to shake your head in disbelief) and 100 tampons. Yes, 100. Hey NASA dudes: You should’ve just asked.

All of the above are scenarios NASA is actually preparing for, but openly hopes it will never have to use for real. As said, Artemis II is for the moment scheduled to fly in less than a year's time.

Ride, one of NASA’s first six female astronauts, made history on June 18, 1983, when she lifted off as an STS-7 mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

NASA only started allowing women to apply as astronaut recruits in 1977. Ride, who had a PhD in astrophysics from Stanford University and was an accomplished tennis player, was one of six women ...

Joan Goodwin, an astronomer who has been in love with the stars since childhood, learns one day in 1980 that NASA is seeking the first women astronauts to join its space shuttle program. Taylor ...

Queer astronaut documentary takes on new meaning in Trump's US Bénédicte Rey AFP Jun 17, 2025 Updated Jun 18, 2025 1 of 3 Sally Ride became the first US women in space on June 24, 1983 ...

Journalists asked whether she cried when facing difficulty. NASA engineers asked about what make-up she would need in space. They even worried whether 100 tampons would be enough for her six-day ...