There are fewer of them then there are astronauts and no NASA spaceflight would be a success without them at the helm. Yet, if the public knows anything about them it is likely 50-year-old history, ...

The next-generation Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time in over 60 years, is so full of new tech that NASA reportedly needed a new control room just to manage ...

HOUSTON — NASA has selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions. Dina Contella, Scott Stover and Ed Van Cise will join ...

The control room is being designed to optimize operator performance during long shifts monitoring a rover on the moon. Researchers are studying factors like room layout, lighting, and break areas to ...

According to NASA, Mission Control has come up with a way to work around the damaged chip, though the primitive computers with their tiny memories make this a bit tricky. The method involves breaking ...

Gene Kranz, who served in Apollo mission control as "White Flight," was at the head of the room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Apollo 13 "had a problem." He may have never said "Failure is not ...

"It was the kind of thing that only happens once in your life," Kranz said. As millions around the world watched the first lunar landing attempt, the employees at NASA's mission control center in ...

Texas A&M alum Dina Contella was selected as one of three individuals to join the ranks of flight directors in Mission Control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Tasked with managing a team ...

Astronaut Butch Wilmore first reported the mysterious noise on Saturday. NASA said the pulsing sound was the result of feedback on the speakers. It's the latest in a saga that unexpectedly kept two ...

Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of NASA's Artemis program and the first to fly astronauts aboard the Space Launch ...

Artemis 2 is one of the most anticipated missions since the Apollo program ended in 1972, marking the first time in over 50 ...