Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of the architects of the Discovery moving plan, said that Isaacman is on board.

In 1978, Ride and five other women became the first group of female astronauts in the U.S. A new book by a longtime curator of spaceflight artifacts explores the nearly five-decade history of women in ...

Opinion Columnist, reporting from Portland, Ore. The National Guard troops dispatched by President Trump to fight “domestic terrorists” in this “war-ravaged” city of Portland, Ore., will face an ...

The teacher spoke with PEOPLE 40 years ago, where she shared her excitement about the space voyage Bettman; Corbis/VCG via Getty Teacher Christa McAuliffe had no reservations about her Jan 28, 1986, ...

On July 19, 1985, a high school teacher named Christa McAuliffe was selected to become the first American civilian to fly to space. McAuliffe won NASA's Teacher in Space Project and was selected from ...

Author Adam Higginbotham joins John Williams to discuss his book, ‘Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space.’ Adam talks about what makes him interested in these types of ...

A set of memorabilia chronicling Sally Ride's pioneering path to space just fetched a pretty penny at auction. In June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach the final frontier, on ...

As we continue to deal with the ongoing horrorshow of racism, misogyny and transphobia embraced by the current administration, films like “Sally” can serve as an important reminder that love triumphs ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, "Sally," about the life of astronaut Sally Ride. Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space back in ...

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space back in 1983. And for a while, it seemed like she was the most famous person on Earth and in space. She dominated headlines.