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For The First Time Ever, Women Outnumber Men in Nasa’s Astronaut Class

NASA introduced its astronaut class to the world in September 2025, where women outnumbered men for the first time in the agency's history.

Women Outnumber Men Picked For NASA's Astronaut Class, First In 6 Decades

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.
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NASA Shuts Down DEI Programs, Though Diversity Is Low at Agency

The Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building. Photo: Getty Images NASA’s temporary head, Trump appointee Janet Petro, issued a stern email to the space agency’s staff Wednesday concerning ...

Women Outnumber Men in NASA’s Newest Astronaut Class

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and perhaps one day to the moon and Mars.