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How Far American Women Astronauts Have Soared Since Sally Ride Took Her Historic Spaceflight

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator ...
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NASA Astronauts Won’t Return From Space Station Until Late March

Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Getty Images NASA ...
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A New Book Explains the Delay in Hiring Women as Astronauts

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 ...
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Meet the NASA photographer who captured Endeavour's flight over Houston 13 years ago

Thirteen years ago today, the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which sent Houston-trained astronauts to space 25 times across 19 years of service, made a final lap over the skies of Houston, strapped to the ...
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The NASA photographer behind Houston's unforgettable Endeavour flyover

Join us on a journey to better understand Houston, one question at a time. Sign up to get the Houston Explained newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. Thirteen years ago today, the Space ...