A former astronaut, Bowersox saw his own space station mission abruptly prolonged. He was up there with Don Pettit, who’s ...

After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...

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 ...

The first American, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, followed on May 5, 1961. The first woman in space was the Soviet Union’s Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. Sally Ride became the first American ...

Martha and her daughter, Sheryl, share stories of Roger Chaffee, the rookie astronaut assigned to the mission. Lowell Grissom speaks about his brother, Mercury astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom ...

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 ...

Astronauts Wilmore and Williams were able to ... to remember that NASA has only tested six total new crewed spacecraft (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, SpaceX Crew Dragon, and Boeing ...

May 5, 1961 – Freedom 7, the first piloted Mercury spacecraft carrying Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., is launched from Cape Canaveral. It is the first American space flight involving human beings.

"They shamefully forgot about the Astronauts, because they considered it to be a very embarrassing event for them," Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday. Such accusations have prompted an outcry ...

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 ...