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When Sally Ride Took Her First Space Flight, Sexism Was the Norm

Ride was eminently qualified for space flight. So why did the press ask about makeup and periods?

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Is there life on Mars?

Life on Mars? The Search for Signs Goes Back Centuries

Our fascination with alien life on the red planet began long ago.

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Flag flies at half-staff at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral on the day after seven astronauts died in the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia on its way to a landing in Florida.

The 5 Deadliest Disasters of the Space Race

The U.S.-Soviet space race had many notable successes, but some deadly catastrophes, too.

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An artist's concept of NASA's InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments. InSight was designed to take the first-ever in-depth look at Mars' 'inner space.' (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

How the Search for Little Green Men—or Any Life on Mars—Got Smarter

NASA’s InSight mission, which will dig into the planet’s core, is the latest to explore for signs of life on the red planet.

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2011

NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end

Space Exploration
1983

Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel to space

Black History
1997

Pathfinder lands on Mars

Space Exploration
1976

NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise

Space Exploration
1972

Last lunar-landing mission ends

Space Exploration
1967

Astronauts die in launch pad fire

Space Exploration
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