New Book Will Examine Lifelong Journey of First Female Space Explorer, From Immigrant to Entrepreneur to Astronaut
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The world's first private female space  explorer, Anousheh Ansari is writing a memoir of her life experiences  with the assistance of Homer Hickam, author of the No.
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Anousheh Ansari, an American of Iranian origin, is packing her bags for a flight on Monday that will take her and two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).
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The world's first female space tourist and first space blogger, American national Anousheh Ansari, told the world of the difficulties of keeping tidy in zero gravity.
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As Kathy Sullivan nears her 20th anniversary as the first American woman to walk in space, her adventurous spirit is still alive. The former astronaut says she supports a manned
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Since long before leaving her native Iran as a teenager in 1984, Anousheh Ansari stared at the stars and dreamed of traveling closer to them.
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Astronaut Daniel Tani, orbiting Earth aboard the international space station, learned Wednesday that his mother had died in a car crash, marking what NASA officials believe is the first time a crew member has lost a close family member while in flight.
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By LOS ANGELES TIMES HOUSTON - After 19 years of marriage, three children and one magnificent shuttle flight into space, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak's life was beginning to unravel.
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By Rasha Madkour and David Crary  HOUSTON -- Lisa M. Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty -- to be an astronaut and a mother of three.  Her background -- high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot -- seemed to equip her for the challenge.
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A giant leap is about to be made for womankind. When space shuttle Discovery blasts off Tuesday, a woman will be sitting in the commander's seat. And up at the international space station, a female skipper will be waiting to greet her.
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But the pesky oxygen generator is on the blink again Anousheh Ansari, the first female space tourist, has touched down safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan along with the out going crew of the International Space Station, astronaut Jeff Williams and cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov.â¦
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The world's first female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova, marking her 70th birthday on Tuesday, says she still dreams of flying to Mars -- even on a one-way ticket.
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A NASA experiment that could help shape the future of space exploration as part of a new generation of potentially life-saving space crafts has launched
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The world's first female space tourist has launched her multi-million dollar adventure, blasting off with two professional astronauts from the Baikonur cosmodrome bound for the International Space Station (ISS).
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NEW YORK _ Lisa Marie Nowak reached for the stars and made it there as one of history's 46 female astronauts _ which makes her fall to Earth so much more shocking.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what paying passengers can expect when they travel into space.
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By LOS ANGELES TIMES  HOUSTON - After 19 years of marriage, three children and one magnificent shuttle flight into space, NASA astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak's life was beginning to unravel.