Four trailblazing figures from NASA's history are set to launch as new Lego minifigures on Nov. 1. NASA astronauts Sally Ride and Mae Jemison, astronomer Nancy Grace Roman and computer scientist ...

When the Cold War heated up in 1946, the U.S. and the Soviet Union took their rivalry from Earth to the stars. Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, blasted off in 1957, and the U.S. struck hard.

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 ...

NASA has selected its next round of astronaut candidates, or ASCANs, from a pool of 8,000 candidates. The final selection of six women and four men will endure two years of notoriously intense ...

Successfully getting humans into space and back is risky business. However, it was made possible less than a century ago thanks to help from some extraordinary Black women known as ‘Hidden Figures’.

NASA’s next class of 10 astronaut candidates includes more women than men for the first time in the space agency’s more than 60-year history. The six women and four men include engineers, scientists ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.