Women’s History MonthFlight Directors Dina Contella and Tomas Gonzalez-Torres look at monitors in the space station flight control room.Flight Director Dina Contella (foreground) and Orbit 3 CAPCOM Christie Bertels are involved in the undocking of the Soyuz TMA-11M.Astronaut Karen Nyberg poses for a photograph with an enthusiastic NASA Social attendee following a presentation about her time living,...In 1975, Carolyn Griner (front), Dr. Mary-Helen Johnston and Dr. Ann Whitaker (L to R) practiced in Marshall’s Neutral Buoyancy...Flight director Dina Contella and astronaut Mark Vande Hei are pictured in the Johnson Space Center's space station flight control...The countenance of astronaut candidate Christina M. Hammock signals her success at fire-starting, a technique that will help sustain her...Astronaut candidate Nicole A. Mann works with a stripped down tree branch to use as material that will become an...Astronaut candidate Jessica U. Meir works with survival gear that will help sustain her for three days in the wilderness.Janet Kavandi, director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks at a special media-day program.Nicole Aunapu Mann, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on...Jessica U. Meir, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on...NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as...Propulsion engineer Sandra Greene, left, and test engineer Cynthia Sprader recently completed a series of test firings at the Marshall...ISS036-E-019830 (24 June 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer,...On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger...JSC2013-E-048424 (24 May 2013) -- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA signs...From left, astronauts Pam Melroy; Kay Hire; Cady Coleman; Kathy Sullivan; Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and chair, board...March is the annual celebration of National Women's History Month. In this image from Jan. 30, 2008, Expedition 16 commander...Maria Navarro, a post-doctoral researcher from the University of Miami, checked connections on the Advanced Whole Air Sampler instrument prior...This image shows Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, who was also part of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior...Present and former NASA astronauts Danny Olivas, Garrett Reisman, Barbara Morgan, and NASA Associate Administrator for Education (and astronaut) Leland...Five years ago today, on Oct. 10, 2007, U.S. astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, the first woman to command the International...JSC2012-E-215897 (18 Sept. 2012) -- Astronaut Sandra Magnus prepares to place a rose near the tree planted during a memorial...NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, appears to touch the bright sun during the mission's third session of...In this photograph from July 2008, Dr. Sally Ride, who visited Goddard Space Flight Center for a tour and speech,...Sally Ride hosts the 2007 Sally Ride Science Festival at NASA Ames Research Center.Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson...NASA Dryden public affairs specialist Leslie Williams was honored with an Astronauts Personal Achievement Award – commonly known as the...Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of...Ride, right, and astronaut Kathryn Sullivan synchronize their watches in the "white room" before entering Challenger to launch on mission...On June 15, 1983, three days before launch aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride takes a last look at Houston...Astronaut Sally K. Ride (left) participates in a mission sequence test in preparation for the STS-7 mission, in the Kennedy...Some of NASA's first female astronaut candidates take a break from training in Florida in 1978. From left: Sally Ride,...In this image taken on Oct. 13, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41G, astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left,...Famed TV actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura on the original 1960s Star Trek television series, autographs a poster...Astronaut and former Kepler mission science office director Janice Voss inspects a printout depicting the star field as seen through...Dr. Anita Sengupta and Donn Liddle of NASA are pictured in the low speed wind tunnel at Texas A&M University,...JSC2011-E-077820 (15 - 19 Aug. 2011) -- This is one of a series of photographs documenting CEV Parachute Assembly System...This international crew that flew aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger represented the largest number (eight) of persons to occupy an...When new technologies for airplanes are developed, they need to be tested in wind tunnels to assess their effectiveness. Often,...
