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HEROES OF SPACE
This pioneering cosmonaut was the first woman in
Having blasted off on three space shuttle missions and plunged to the Earth’s deepest ocean trench, Kathy Sullivan has a unique perspective on the planet she’s devoted her life to studying. The first
Two contrasting visions of humanity’s future in space
A month or so ago, a 50th anniversary went unnoticed by most followers of Formula One statistics. In the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix, Italian Lella Lombardi became the first, and so far the only, woman to
Life can surprise you – at any age. Just take it from these women
It was 15 years ago this month, on 13 June 2010, that the world watched as a beleaguered traveller finally arrived home, after a long and perilous journey back to land. The trouble began in 2003, as A
When the Chernobyl nuclear disaster happened in April 1986, I was nine years old. I’d just had a trial with Dynamo Kyiv, and it had gone well, but everything changed. In the first few days following t