Some of NASA's first female astronaut candidates take a break from training in Florida in 1978. From left: Sally Ride,…
Sally Ride and three of her STS-7 crewmates take a break from simulations in the Johnson Space Center's Mission Simulation…
NASA astronaut Rick "C. J." Sturckow, commander of Space Shuttle mission STS-128 in 2009
Sally Ride, front row, left, with her STS-7 crewmates. In addition to launching America's first female astronaut, it was also…
In this image taken on Oct. 13, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41G, astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left,…
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Masten Space Systems' Xaero sub-orbital rocket lifts off in a plume of fire during a test launch from the Mojave…
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:40 p.m. EDT on Saturday, July 14, 2012,…
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Aurora as seen in Albany, Missouri resulting from CME space weather event.
