NASA astronaut Jessica Meir waves at the camera during a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Christina Koch on Oct. 18, 2019. NASA Meir agreed, saying she felt no additional pressure.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. -- That small step for man on the Moon 50 years ago, helped inspire future female astronauts who shattered the glass ceiling in the sky and made history in space.

Astronaut Stephanie Wilson said she is the rule, not the exception, and she wants more people to know black female astronauts exist. Courtesy of NASA Dr. Yvonne Cagle: I became interested in space ...

You would think astronauts, male or female, in the 1970’s had better things to worry about than their complexion, no? Apparently not. A revealing tweet has confirmed NASA engineers grappled w… ...

At the time, 13 American women — all skilled pilots with commercial ratings — had passed the astronaut admission standards in private tests at the Lovelace Clinic in New Mexico.

In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly to space. Leading up to her six-day mission, Johnny Carson mined the very idea of a female astronaut for laughs on “The Tonight Show.” ...

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA's Anne McClain emerged from the International ...

We just heard news that half of NASA's eight new astronaut recruits are women. Great! Things are looking up for women, figuratively and literally. And then I got to wondering: is this because the ...