Many years before Susan Kilrain became a U.S. Navy TA-4J Skyhawk flight instructor and the second female NASA astronaut to pilot a space shuttle, her dad supported her youthful dreams during an era ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hopper Stone/Twentieth Century Fox ; NASA/Donaldson Collection/Getty Taraji P. Henson in Hidden Figures (2016) ; NASA space ...

I can remember the day I went to see “Hidden Figures” in theaters. I was a part of the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program at my high school, and one of my teachers offered us ...

Oct. 30 (UPI) --Women leaders in science, technology, engineering and math from around the world are taking part this week in the U.S. State Department's professional exchange program based on the ...

Ms. Jackson’s contributions received widespread attention after the release of the 2016 film “Hidden Figures,” which chronicled black women’s work during the space race. By Allyson Waller That “giant ...