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On the 35th anniversary of Sally Ride's historic trip to space, a look at other groundbreaking women in aerospace.

Space is a mess. At this moment, there are literally thousands of human-made objects cluttering up Earth orbit.  

Today, NASA announced some exciting new discoveries made by its Curiosity rover. Let our experts at the Museum help break down these exciting new findings.

We remember Alan L.  Bean, the fourth man to walk on the Moon and the only artist to have visited the Moon.

The patches on Sally Ride’s flight jacket help tell her groundbreaking story of spaceflight.

Parsecs are actually astronomical units—not just in the Star Wars universe—used to measure distance, not time. (Sorry, Han.)

Filmaker and special effects artist Doug Trumbull shares the behind-the-scenes story of 2001: A Space Odyssey's most groundbreaking scenes. 

Tom Wolfe, the author of The Right Stuff (1979), one of the most iconic literary books about spaceflight, died this week.

You’ve heard about a gastropub, but what about an astropub? Nobody becomes an astronaut for the food, but space cuisine has come a long way since the 1960s.

NASA astronauts thank the educators who helped inspire them to achieve their dreams.