Women's History MonthRide, 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,...On June 18, 1983, a young physicist from California took her seat aboard the space shuttle and launched into history....In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the astronauts of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131...From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher,...The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit...The women of the Computer Department at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station are shown busy with test flight calculations.Cathy Bahm, Orion Abort Flight Test integration deputy project manager, briefs news media on testing in Dryden's Flight Loads Laboratory.Sharon Christa McAuliffe received a preview of microgravity during a special flight aboard NASA's KC-135 "zero gravity" aircraft. McAuliffe represented...On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history, becoming the first American woman to go space. In this image, Ride...Eighty years ago this week on June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic...Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut and Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson, the station's first...Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, used a pistol grip tool as she worked on the International Space...Expedition 13 crewmembers-cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (center), commander, and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams (right), flight engineer-along with spaceflight participant Anousheh...Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. And, although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with 24...Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), these seven women who once aspired...
