NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate advisor effective Monday.

Alex Phillips, a UC Santa Barbara alum and postdoctoral researcher in the UCSB Earth Science department, found herself wanting to portray a more diverse image of a scientist.

Space Force is an entirely new branch of military service, and women like Cadet Leksi Murnieks will be at the forefront.

The United Nations has a sustainability goal that is focused on combating gender inequality and empowering women. Space technologies can help.

The only all female-team that participated in the Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge won first place for inventing a light therapy wearable device that helps astronauts sleep better.

Nancy Parra-Quinlan, Arizona’s 2022 teacher of the year, teaches engineering, robotics, flight, and space to create excitement for her students at Kino Junior High School.

The exclusive Ethereal Worlds NFT collection by female Founder & Creator Rupa Shinh, attracts the attention of Celebrities and Leaders within the Space community.

When Ellis told the career consultant about her space dream, the consultant suggested a law degree as a good option.

If we don’t have women filling these jobs, then STEM and those of us whose lives are affected by STEM advancements are missing out on a very significant part of the talent pool.

The Navy officer, one month into her half-year aboard the space station, once ran nuclear reactors on the nation's ballistic missile-armed subs hidden deep under oceans.

“We learned that sometimes a one or two-day program can have an impact on the youth involved in a longer-term sense. We think that shorter-term programs can have an influence.”

Astronaut Christina Koch spent nearly a year on the International Space Station, and in Antarctica before that.

In her role as Lt. Uhura on the bridge of Star Trek’s original starship Enterprise (and in her real world advocacy with NASA), Nichelle Nichols inspired a generation of young women and people of color to pursue leadership roles in the space industry.

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, set to become the become the first Black woman to be part of an International Space Station crew, shares advice for young people pursuing their goals.

Four of NASA's ten new astronaut candidates are women. These outstanding candidates were chosen from among 12,000 applicants to reflect the diversity of the American people.

Dr. Lois Wardell, a geoscientist by training and currently a Senior Space Test Engineer, has been named by the Space Force Association (SFA) to lead a new committee focused on Women in Space (WiS).

Research results published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in November 2021 reveal that gender stereotypes about interests start as early as age 6 and cause disparities in computer science and engineering.

Although she did not receive any encouragement and was ridiculed in the 1970s at her school in New York for her aspiration to become an astronaut, Mindy Howard pursued her dream and works today as an astronaut coach and the founding director of the Netherland-based Inner Space Training.

When 82 years old Wally Funk went to space with Jeff Bezos in July as a space tourist, she made history by becoming the oldest woman in space.

As a little girl, Mae Jemison was inspired to go into space by watching the Star Trek series and became the first black woman in space.