Under Collins’ command, the Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla. and deployed the $1.5 billion Chandra X-ray telescope into orbit.

Wishing to stay anonymous, the woman was able to step up thanks to a 2015 Pentagon directive that opened up all military combat jobs to women.

With the inspirational motto of “Lifting as We Climb,” the NACW became the most prominent black women’s suffrage organization.

As a result of her work on the Apollo mission, Hamilton became a pioneer of software engineering, a term she actually coined herself.

The 37-year-old social studies teacher was selected out of 11,416 teacher applicants for the first Teacher in Space Project mission.

She became Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall after marrying Charles, Prince of Wales in 2005.

She grew up to take on structural racism in the Deep South with her potent reporting on the lynching of black people.

The social networking device quickly became a seamless part of how people get their news, with women making up 47 percent of Twitter users.

Two million viewers tune in daily to catch up with the always outspoken, authentic and hilarious talk show host.

Aside from becoming 1990’s highest-grossing film globally, “Ghost” also had many of us eyeing that local pottery class.