NASA

NASA has unveiled the first prototype for a new spacesuit, designed to enable the first woman to walk on the moon in the next few years.

In many ways, women are ideal astronauts as physical strength and height are not advantages in microgravity, writes Alice Gorman.

Former NASA astronaut Kathy Sullivan has become the first person to both walk in space and to descend to the deepest known point on Earth.

After 328 days in space, American astronaut Christina Koch returned to earth, setting the record for the longest stretch in space by a woman.

It took Loral O’Hara three attempts to get accepted into NASA’s coveted Artemis space training program, but as they say “third time is a charm”.

NASA’s Dr Christyl Johnson has told a Sydney audience of startups, investors and innovators about the power of diversity in innovation

A spokesman from NASA has said that the first crewed Mars landing could happen sometime in the 2030s, and that it may very well be a woman.

NASA cancelled the original spacewalk after discovering they didn’t have appropriately sized spacesuits necessary for two female astronauts.

Anne McClain & Christina Koch were due to take their spacewalk together on March 29, but NASA cancelled the event “due in part to spacesuit availability”.

“The first person on Mars is likely to be a woman. So these are great days.”