The lyrics to “E.T.” by Katy Perry just got a bit more meta. On February 27, Blue Origin announced an all-female crew for its private NS-31 mission to space, in what appears to be an effort to promote ...

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In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

If cinema is an invitation to escape the real world, there's no better place to go to then the stars. However, while there are plenty of movies about space travel circling the cosmos, which ones are ...

NASA astronaut Sally Ride (1951 - 2012) in the interior of the Challenger space shuttle during the STS-41-G mission, October 1984. In 1983 she became the first American woman in space on the STS-7 ...

Out of over 600 people who have traveled to space, only 100 have been women. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space. Kellie Gerardi became the 90th woman to launch ...

Hollywood has long been fascinated by the mysteries of outer space. From vivid documentaries to dramatizations of dusty missions, there are movies that have allowed audiences to feel as if they have ...

Katy Perry can add another accomplishment to her long list of accolades: becoming an astronaut. The pop star, 40, was one of six women who launched into space during an all-women spaceflight on Monday ...

On April 14, six women flew to space aboard a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first female only space flight since 1963. Screengrab from Blue Origin, YouTube Six women recently hurtled into space ...