Lake Vostok is about 0.6 miles (1 km) deep at its south end and comparatively shallower at its north and southwest corners. Researchers mapped the bottom of the lake and found that the deep and ...

Blue Origin's next spaceflight is set to make history and will include celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez and ...

The Russian Cultural Centre in Cairo celebrated International Women’s Day with an event that included a photo exhibition and ...

Elisabeta Darie discusses how commercial spaceflight could change the atmosphere around accessibility ...

Tereshkova was launched aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, and became the first woman to fly in space. In the nearly three-day flight, Vostok 6 made 48 orbits of Earth.

Blue Origin says its next spaceflight is set to make history with the first all-woman flight since the Soviet Union's ...

Blue Origin has lined up what would be the first all-female crew to launch to space since a Soviet woman’s solo launch in 1963, and that one had a lot less Grammy winners on board. Pop singer Katy ...

The last time a spaceflight had only females on board was the solo flight by Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova who became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963 on the Vostok 6 mission.