'I knew there were a lot of stories to be told that had not been told in public.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Tom Jones has ...

A new children's book features the "Sew Sisters" who created fabrics for NASA's space shuttle program. "Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA's Seamstresses" (Tilbury House Publishers, ...

"The first 20 women or so ... couldn't even imagine the reality or the possibility of becoming an astronaut except as they ...

'Air Born' highlights the similarities between crews in an airplane and those on a space shuttle. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

When the Challenger space shuttle exploded a little over a minute after its launch in 1986, it pierced the dreams of millions about who watched the tragedy unfold live on television. It also ...

To take readers into the music scene of the 1970s or Old Hollywood’s studio system for her novels, Taylor Jenkins Reid starts with a lot of research. But for her new book out this week, “Atmosphere,” ...

Jean Wright's work as a seamstress for NASA was far from ordinary - she was one of the "sisters" who sewed the blankets on ...

The morning of June 18, 1983, hundreds of thousands of spectators awaited the Challenger space shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Some people in the crowd wore T-shirts ...

In a group portrait of America’s first female astronauts, Loren Grush details the basics of training and the challenges of sexism without lionizing her heroines. By Melissa L. Sevigny When you ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...