Out of over 600 people who have traveled to space, only 100 have been women. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space. Kellie Gerardi became the 90th woman to launch ...

The group of six women that includes CBS host Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry are set to make history in a Blue Origin launch next week.

There was nothing in Valentina Tereshkova’s early life that indicated she would become a space pioneer. Born to a farming ...

Indeed, much has been made of the fact that this is the first women-only 'mission' since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo space flight in 1963. But let's get some perspective.

These are the words of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to ever go into space. In 1963, at just 26, the Russian cosmonaut made history when she orbited Earth during the Vostok 6 mission.

Blue Origin Flight NS-31, set to take off on April 14, is the first crew made up solely of women since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo space flight in 1963. 'All of these women ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

The first woman in space, the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova, set that mark in 1963. Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other pioneering cosmonauts came almost as close, as did NASA ...