NASA introduced its first group of astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, to the nation and the world. The event took place in the ballroom of the Dolley Madison House on Lafayette Square in Washington, ...

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald “Deke” Slayton, to ...

It is 66 years since the 'Mercury Seven', NASA's first astronauts. On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneer ...

Jared Isaacman said he would prioritize sending astronauts to Mars in his confirmation hearing to become NASA’s 15th administrator.

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on board a Russian spacecraft.

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Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

Inspired by the garments worn by NASA's Mercury 7 astronauts, Barbie famously donned an astronaut suit two years after the world's first woman lifted off for space and almost two decades before a ...

Trump promised to bring back the stranded astronauts from the space station. March 18 those two astronauts that Joe Biden left stranded in space came back safely to Earth, thanks to Elon Musk and ...

Named for Captain Wally Schirra (1923-2007), one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, T-AKE-8 is the eighth vessel of the Lewis and Clark class of fourteen “underway replenishment vessels ...

The NASA astronauts who were stranded at the International Space Station were stuck in space for so long because the Biden administration lacked "urgency" in securing their return to Earth ...