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,…
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,…
Aurora as seen in Albany, Missouri resulting from CME space weather event.
The Expedition 32 crew onboard the International Space Station, flying an altitude of approximately 240 miles, recorded a series of…
Aurora over the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on July 15, 2012.