Female astronomers have made significant contributions to science, though their work has often gone unrecognized.

Evidence shows that women add unique value to multilateral and international discussions…

According to the author of the study, Inga Popovaitė, a sociologist at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania, the findings suggest that women may be better suited for leading long-term space missions.

Sarah Blyde is now a project engineer for Rocket Lab - managing changes on the Electron launch vehicle from its initial concept until it is flying to space.

Liu was the first Chinese woman in space. Shenzhou 14 will also be her second space flight.

Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil, Ph.D., will be speaking about the rare galaxy, PGC 1000714, which she helped to discover in 2016. She will also be presenting her current research on dark matter, black holes, and other peculiar ringed galaxies.

The mission of Rosie, a test dummie, is to strap into the commander's seat of Starliner, Boeing's astronaut taxi, for Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), an uncrewed mission poised to launch to the International Space Station today, May 19.

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti posted a video to the social media platform from the International Space Station on Thursday (May 5), becoming the first-ever TikToker in the final frontier.

Sara Sabry is the first Egyptian analog astronaut – with a wide range of experience that spans from Mechatronics and Robotic Surgery, to Stem Cell Development and Bioastronautics.

Katya Echazarreta, born in Guadalajara, will become the first Mexican-born individual to visit space aboard Blue Origin’s newly announced mission NS-21.

To celebrate some of the women who work for Virgin Orbit, the team created a video to highlight the roles that they perform.

Sumaya Al Hajeri is a leader in the field of Technology, telecommunications and Outer Space regulations.

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday - the first NASA crew comprised equally of men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins.

Retired astronaut and Air Force Colonel, Eileen M. Collins is author of the book Though the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission.

Tracy Van Houten, a lead engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who has worked on missions to Mars and Europa, wants to encourage more girls and young women to get interested in space and other science, technology, engineering and math fields.

NASA engineer Jessica Samuels is the Mars mission manager, leading the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and inspiring other women in STEM.

Twenty-three space industry executives, including the interim director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, gathered at the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 5 to pledge their commitment to advancing diversity across the collective workforce in coming years.

A women-led team at the Kennedy Space Center is developing an instrument that can detect low levels of water on the moon.

Macharia says it’s not surprising that rich people make up the majority of the first space tourists, but more can be done to make the situation fairer.

More than 150 girls and young women from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan created and launched three nanosatellites into the stratosphere for air pollution analysis as part of the UniSat program, a joint project between UNICEF and the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University on March 27.