Faces of NASAThe Faces of NASA series combines stunning portraiture with interviews of NASA's workforce.The countenance of astronaut candidate Christina M. Hammock signals her success at fire-starting, a technique that will help sustain her...Astronaut candidate Nicole A. Mann works with a stripped down tree branch to use as material that will become an...Astronaut candidate Jessica U. Meir works with survival gear that will help sustain her for three days in the wilderness.Janet Kavandi, director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center, speaks at a special media-day program.Nicole Aunapu Mann, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on...Jessica U. Meir, one of the eight-member 2013 class of NASA astronaut candidates, speaks to a special media-day crowd on...NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer, conducts a session with a pair of bowling-ball-sized free-flying satellites known as...Propulsion engineer Sandra Greene, left, and test engineer Cynthia Sprader recently completed a series of test firings at the Marshall...ISS036-E-019830 (24 June 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 36 flight engineer,...On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger...JSC2013-E-048424 (24 May 2013) -- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 36/37 Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg of NASA signs...From left, astronauts Pam Melroy; Kay Hire; Cady Coleman; Kathy Sullivan; Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and chair, board...March is the annual celebration of National Women's History Month. In this image from Jan. 30, 2008, Expedition 16 commander...This image shows Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, who was also part of NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior...JSC2012-E-215897 (18 Sept. 2012) -- Astronaut Sandra Magnus prepares to place a rose near the tree planted during a memorial...In this photograph from July 2008, Dr. Sally Ride, who visited Goddard Space Flight Center for a tour and speech,...Sally Ride hosts the 2007 Sally Ride Science Festival at NASA Ames Research Center.Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, exits the Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) following a training session in the Johnson...Astronaut Sally K. Ride, STS-7 mission specialist, displays the array of tools at her disposal on the mid deck of...Ride, right, and astronaut Kathryn Sullivan synchronize their watches in the "white room" before entering Challenger to launch on mission...On June 15, 1983, three days before launch aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Sally Ride takes a last look at Houston...Astronaut Sally K. Ride (left) participates in a mission sequence test in preparation for the STS-7 mission, in the Kennedy...Some of NASA's first female astronaut candidates take a break from training in Florida in 1978. From left: Sally Ride,...In this image taken on Oct. 13, 1984 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-41G, astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left,...Famed TV actress Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Lt. Uhura on the original 1960s Star Trek television series, autographs a poster...Astronaut and former Kepler mission science office director Janice Voss inspects a printout depicting the star field as seen through...Dr. Anita Sengupta and Donn Liddle of NASA are pictured in the low speed wind tunnel at Texas A&M University,...JSC2011-E-077820 (15 - 19 Aug. 2011) -- This is one of a series of photographs documenting CEV Parachute Assembly System...When new technologies for airplanes are developed, they need to be tested in wind tunnels to assess their effectiveness. Often,...On June 18, 1983, a young physicist from California took her seat aboard the space shuttle and launched into history....From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher,...The late 1940s saw increased flight activity, and more women computers were needed at the NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit...The women of the Computer Department at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station are shown busy with test flight calculations.Cathy Bahm, Orion Abort Flight Test integration deputy project manager, briefs news media on testing in Dryden's Flight Loads Laboratory.Sharon Christa McAuliffe received a preview of microgravity during a special flight aboard NASA's KC-135 "zero gravity" aircraft. McAuliffe represented...On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride made history, becoming the first American woman to go space. In this image, Ride...Eighty years ago this week on June 18, 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic...Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut and Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson, the station's first...Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. And, although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with 24...Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), these seven women who once aspired...
