NASA astronaut Suni Williams works outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com's Steve ...

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday, May 1 for the fifth-ever all-female spacewalk.

The first spacewalk was conducted in 1965, by Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov. Nearly 20 years later, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space during a solo outing in 1984 ...

Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers achieved most of their planned tasks on today's (May 1) 5-hour, 44-minute extravehicular activity.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two pioneering NASA astronauts — Dr. Bernard Harris and Dr. Peggy Whitson — are the newest members of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Dr. Bernard Harris and Dr. Peggy Whitson ...

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. was the first NASA Astronaut to spacewalk, and will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame at ...

Two NASA astronauts have ventured outside the International Space Station to conduct a rare all-female spacewalk. When astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers emerged around 9 a.m. Thursday ...

McClain, an Army colonel and helicopter pilot, should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there weren’t enough medium-size suits. The first women-only spacewalk was by ...

Earlier this week, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers made headlines as they stepped out of the International Space Station for a spacewalk. It marked the fifth all-female spacewalk in ...

May 1 marked the fifth all-female spacewalk in the 60-year history of extravehicular activity (EVA). This bold milestone began in October 2019, when astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir ...