While astronauts do not leave home to go to war or face combat, families of space travelers may share a few commonalities ...

Blast off and spend 24 hours in space with the astronauts who completed NASA's first ever all-female spacewalk! Christina ...

NASA's 2025 astronaut class doesn't seem to include any Black recruits, a first in 40 years at the space agency. Officials would not discuss it.

One way that astronauts have been fighting bone loss is through strength training. And they're getting some help with a new machine delivered this week by the shuttle Endeavour, which docked with the ...

Canadian Moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen told Ars Technica that he's hoping to "take a very short nap on the pad." ...

He joined the army as a scientist after 9/11. Now, he's leading the charge for military and astronaut nutrition and ...

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA's first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately ...

Kennedy Space Center is a top field trip choice for Central Florida schools offering a mix of history, science and fun.

The 10 astronaut candidates, six of them women, will begin two years of training before becoming eligible for missions to low-Earth orbit and perhaps one day to the moon and Mars.

In case you hadn’t noticed, we live in a dangerous world. While our soft, fleshy selves are remarkably good at absorbing ...