The mementoes — a set of more than 50 pieces called the Sally Ride Estate Collection — sold for a total of $145,666, ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut ...

Sally Ride was the first American woman in space, and when she died in 2012, her obituary publicly revealed that she was gay. KCRW hears from her partner Tam O’Shaughnessy, plus the director of the ...

California physicist and astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, thrusting her into the national spotlight. But beneath her unflappable public persona, she ...

Jahnavi Dangeti, from Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district, has been selected as an astronaut candidate for a US-based ...

The two-week mission, chartered by Houston-based Axiom Space, is the fourth privately financed flight to the International ...

Iowa astronaut Peggy Whitson is back in space, this time as the leader of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space ...

First Latina astronaut Ellen Ochoa returns to San Diego, reflecting on her journey to space at the Latino Legacy Foundation ...

A rare collection of items from the estate of Dr. Sally Ride —the first American woman in space—is now up for auction at Nate ...

Taylor Jenkins Reid's "Atmosphere" tells the story of Joan, an astronomer who becomes an astronaut, and Vanessa, an ...