Space was one of Sally Ride’s great loves. The National Geographic documentary, directed by Cristina Costantini, Introduces ...

NASA Engineers thought Sally Ride would need 100 tampons for one week in space. Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983, recalls NASA engineers designing a toiletry kit for her in ...

First American woman in space: STS-7 (Challenger) The launch of Challenger on June 18, 1983, marked a pivotal milestone: Sally Ride ... disaster. The tragedy reshaped NASA’s approach to shuttle ...

It's been 39 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, exploding in mere minutes.

The out star of Love Lies Bleeding and Happiest Season will play lesbian astronaut Sally ... space shuttle astronaut class of ...

It was announced that the Twilight actress would be playing astronaut Sally ... Challenger disaster that Ride took part in. Growing up in Florida, Meredith Bagby was obsessed with space and the ...

29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center. Seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, another shuttle and its crew were lost in the skies above America: The shuttle Columbia ...

“It’s the Space Shuttle Challenger ... The bulletin for the Challenger disaster was no doubt labeled “FLASH,” meaning the event had “transcendent” urgency. A flash was sent with ...

Read full article: INTERACTIVE: The NASA astronauts and employees who died in service to U.S. space ... the Space Shuttle Challenger. This marks 35 years since the Challenger disaster.

It was the morning of Jan. 28, the day of the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Icicles formed on the launch pad and service tower in the evening and early morning hours on January 28 ...

During one of the countless, often boneheaded interviews Sally Ride endured about ... The public embrace of NASA’s space program was upended when the Challenger exploded in 1986.

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.