News & Views Is this ‘female empowerment’? Women on Blue Origin flight return safely to mixed reactions The highly anticipated all-female crew of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket touched down safely overnight in Texas.
News & Views All-women crew to fly to space wearing space suits specifically designed for their bodies Six women will be flying into space wearing spacesuits specifically designed for their unique and individual bodies.
News & Views Suni Williams is finally home. How she survived an unexpected nine months in space After 286 days in space, astronaut Suni Williams has safely returned to Earth, with NASA colleague Butch Wilmore and 2 other astronauts.
News & Views Katy Perry among all-women Blue Origin crew set to fly to space An all-female crew is about to fly to space, carrying high-profile names, including singer Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King.
News & Views Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman in space but ‘small men on the internet’ objectified her Emily Calandrelli became the 100th woman in space this week but her achievement has been overshadowed by a wave of misogynistic comments directed at her online.
News & Views Meet Sara Sabry, the first Arab and African woman to go to space Sara Sabry is first Egyptian person, first Arab woman, and first woman from the African continent to go to space.
Tech Christina Hammock Koch to become first woman to fly around the moon NASA has named the first woman, Christina Koch, as part of its crew of four astronauts set to fly around the moon late next year.
Tech Katherine Bennell-Pegg will become the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg will make history as the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut by an international space agency.
News & Views Rayyanah Barnawi to become Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut sent to space The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be sending its first female astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi, to the International Space Station (ISS).
Game Changers Australia’s first female astronaut joins European Space Agency’s reserve Dr Meganne Christian has become Australia’s first female astronaut after being selected as part of European Space Agency’s 2022 cohort.
News & Views Sirisha Bandla becomes third woman of Indian-origin ever to fly into space On board Richard Branson’s spacecraft, Sirisha Bandla becomes the third India born woman to fly into space.
News & Views UAE announces first female astronaut At just 28, Noura Al Matrooshi has been announced as the first ever female astronaut from United Arab Emirates.
