In 2021, NASA released a fictional graphic novel about a pioneering astronaut who becomes the first woman to step foot on the moon, Commander Callie Rodriguez, alongside her diverse crew — this novel ...
NASA, an independent agency of the U.S. government, will no longer be upholding DEI efforts. In a press release, NASA shared ...
NASA's "Hidden Figures" women will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals on Sept. 18. Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson are receiving awards for their ...
NASA websites have dropped references to landing the first woman on the moon as part of the goals for its Artemis program. As of Friday, updated pages for the program no longer feature the statement: ...
NASA appears to be walking back its pledge to land the first woman and person of color on the moon as part of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives from federal agencies.
Katherine Johnson calculated trajectories for the first man in space and Apollo 11. Peggy Whitson holds the US record for the most time spent in space at 665 days. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch ...
Mary Cleave, the NASA astronaut who in 1989 became the first woman to fly on a space shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster, has died at the age of 76, the space agency announced on Wednesday.