She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...
It may still be an uncomfortable subject for some, but periods are a real thing that people need to manage. But what do ...
Most astronauts who menstruate pause their cycle with hormones before hitting the stars, but in the future, we'll need more ...
Menstruation in space is a topic that has long been overlooked, yet it is becoming an essential part of astronaut health ...
Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved. Diane Tedeschi Marsha Ivins (at Florida's Kennedy Space Center in 1995) flew on five space shuttle missions, logging more than 1,300 hours ...
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Lunette, a company that makes reusable menstrual cups, has sent some into space to help female astronauts on long-term missions. The Lunette Period Cups are made of hypoallergenic medical-grade ...
Dr. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel to space. As she celebrates her 80th ...
"The book Lady Astronauts, Lady Engineers, and Naked Ladies is a gender history of the American space community and by extension a social history of American society in the twentieth century during ...
Kathryn Sullivan said spacesuits for a women were a problem in the 1980s. For the first time in U.S. history, an all-woman team of astronauts — Anne McClain and Christina Koch — were scheduled to step ...
Dr. Mae Jemison encourages young girls to dream big and never doubt themselves. Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in outer space, fell in love with science at an early age. Decades later, she's ...
ENFIELD, Conn. -- Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA. The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman ...