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 ...

When pioneering female astronaut Sally Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, ... Makeup. Though NASA engineers offered to create a spaceflight-ready makeup kit for her journey, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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. It was the first spacewalk for Ayers, ...

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May 1, moving an antenna and partially preparing the ISS for a new set of solar arrays.

Two NASA astronauts have ventured outside the International Space Station to conduct a rare all-female spacewalk. When astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May ...