United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the physical and psychological ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

A mission to return two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has been delayed over a last-minute technical issue. The Falcon 9 rocket was set to take off from Florida’s Kennedy ...

As the SpaceX Crew-10 spacecraft prepares for its launch from the Kennedy Space Center next Wednesday, commanded by Spokane’s Col. Anne McClain on her second mission to the International Space Station ...

But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and ... has only tested six total new crewed spacecraft (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, SpaceX Crew ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...

The surviving members of the Mercury 7 panned the film for its portrayal of the astronauts, in particular the film's treatment of Grissom and the loss of the Liberty Bell 7 on splashdown.

NASA has called off the rescue mission of stranded astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams following a hydraulic failure of one of the rocket’s arms. The two have been stranded on the ...

An astronaut with a lip piercing and who wears ... done by Malcolm Scott Carpenter aboard Mercury-Atlas 7. The first all-civilian crew launched in 2021, and Gerardi was the first industry ...

The first U.S. astronauts came from the military and often were fighter pilots. The first science experiment in space happened on May 24, 1962, done by Malcolm Scott Carpenter aboard Mercury-Atlas 7.