TULSA, Okla. — The first woman to pilot and command a NASA space shuttle was in Tulsa on Thursday. Eileen Collins was at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum for their new 'Women in Aviation' exhibit, where ...
She's the astronaut who smashed through the glass ceiling. And kept on going. Eileen Collins made history as the first woman to pilot and command a Nasa spacecraft - but despite her remarkable ...
Some explorers have focused on alpine heights. Others on polar extremes. Megan McArthur is one of the elite few who can say she's piloted both submarines and spacecraft, exploring expanses from the ...
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 ...
It is not every day that I can sit down and talk with a former NASA astronaut and member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, but that is exactly what happened when I recently met and talked ...
Robert "Bob" Springer's open-mindedness has taken him from the small town of Ashland to the skies of Vietnam and the halls of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It was a cold morning in Florida when the last words heard by any of Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew were ...