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.

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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this week, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers made headlines as they stepped out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk. It marked the fifth all-female spacewalk in ...

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers successfully conducted the fifth all-female spacewalk, marking a significant achievement in space exploration. McClain's participation comes six ...

Of NASA’s 47 active astronauts, 20 are women. And of the seven astronauts currently living at the space station, McClain and Ayers are the only women.