Women Outnumber Men in NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low ...
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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.
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Meet NASA's 10 new astronauts - including 6 women - chosen from 8,000 applicants

N ASA unveiled its 10 newest astronauts on Monday, chosen out of a pool of more than 8,000 applicants to explore celestial ...
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A Woman’s Place: In Outer Space

Learn about Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, and Eileen Collins, some of the pioneering women at NASA who were among the first to suit up for spaceflight.

NASA picks 10 new astronauts from 8,000 hopefuls — and this time women dominate the class

NASA announced its new astronaut class. For the first time, more women than men were selected. Ten individuals joined the ...

NASA introduces 10 new astronaut candidates

The new selection of NASA astronauts will spend two years in training before becoming eligible for flight assignments.

Women Outnumber Men Picked for Astronaut Class in NASA First

NASA’s next class of 10 astronaut candidates includes more women than men for the first time in the space agency’s more than ...

NASA introduces new class of astronauts who could fly to moon, Mars. Here's a look

NASA unveiled 10 recruits who will undergo training to become eligible for future missions that could carry humans deeper ...

NASA introduces its newest astronauts: 10 chosen from more than 8,000 applicants

NASA has 10 new astronauts chosen from more than 8,000 applicants. Six of them are women, the first time in NASA history that ...

FOX23 speaks to first woman to pilot, command NASA space shuttle

The first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle was in Tulsa on Thursday. Eileen Collins was at the Tulsa Air and ...

NASA just picked its newest astronauts—only 0.1% made the cut, with salaries topping $150K and a shot at landing on Mars

On Monday, the space agency announced the 10 people chosen for its 2025 astronaut candidate class, selected from over 8,000 ...

Megan McArthur, first woman to pilot SpaceX Dragon, retires from NASA after more than two decades

UCLA and UC San Diego grad Megan McArthur retires at 54 after two decades with NASA. The space and ocean scientist's work puts her in an elite group of explorers.