International Women's Air & Space Museum


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Images Left to Right: 1929 Air Race, Bessie Coleman, IWASM location, Sheila Scott

Women in Aviation & Space

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Space - The New Frontier

Many women have braved this new frontier - from Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union who was the first woman to orbit the earth in 1963 to Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space in 1983. Even as early as 1961, the United States had 13 women with the "right stuff," known as the FLATS (First Lady Astronaut Trainees). Our archives hold the biographies of many women in aviation but as the future unfolds we add new information every day in order to document women's contributions to aviation and space.

United States: Current NASA Astronauts
(courtesy Johnson Space Center, links will open in a new browser window.)

Ellen S. Baker, M. D., M. P. H.

Yvonne D. Cagle, M. D.

Tracy W. Caldwell, Ph. D.

Mary L. Cleave

Catherine G. "Cady" Coleman, Ph. D. (Lt. Colonel, USAF)

Nancy J. Currie, Ph. D. (Lt. Colonel, USA)

Anna L. Fisher, M. D.

Linda M. Godwin, Ph. D.

Joan E. Higginbotham

Kathryn P. "Kay" Hire (Commander, U. S. Naval Reserve)

Marsha S. Ivins

Janet L. Kavandi, Ph. D.

Shannon W. Lucid, Ph. D.

Sandra H. Magnus, Ph. D.

K. Megan McArthur, Ph. D.

Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger

Barbara R. Morgan

Karen L. Nyberg, Ph. D.

Ellen Ochoa, Ph. D.

Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper (Lt. Commander, USN)

Nicole P. Stott

Janice Voss, Ph. D.

Shannon Walker, Ph. D.

Peggy A. Whitson, Ph. D.

Sunita L. Williams (Lt. Commander, USN)

Stephanie D. Wilson

United States: Astronaut Candidates:
(courtesy Johnson Space Center, links will open in a new browser window.)

The term astronaut candidate refers to individuals who have been selected by NASA as candidates for the NASA astronaut corps and are currently undergoing a candidacy training program at the Johnson Space Center. There are currently no candidates in the program.

United States: Payload Specialists:
(courtesy Johnson Space Center, links will open in a new browser window.)

Millie Hughes-Fulford, Ph. D.

United States: Former Astronauts:

Bonnie J. Dunbar, Ph. D.

Kalpana Chawla, Ph. D. (deceased)

Laurel B. Clark, M. D. (Commander, USN, deceased)

Eileen M. Collins (Colonel, USAF)

N. Jan Davis, Ph. D.

Susan J. Helms

Patricia C. Hilliard, M. D.(deceased)

Mae C. Jemison

Tamara E. Jernigan, Ph. D.