In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space. It was a landmark achievement for the Soviet Union, and for women around the world. But what makes Tereshkova’s story ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to go to space. In NASA's early days, women ...

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" I recognize that going into space is something that is an incredibly privileged thing to do. I always told myself that if I were to have that chance, I would try to use it to uplift others." When ...

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 ...