Major Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., a decorated pilot and chemist, became the first black astronaut selectee in 1967. He died ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an energetic tinkerer and photographer, used his off-duty time on the International Space Station ...

Group Captain Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, affectionately known as Papa, supports Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's historic ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is part of the Axiom 4 mission, has just wrapped up his first full day aboard the ...

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary ...

Water’s my jam.” Dituri did apply to be an astronaut in 2024; he never heard back. Although he meets current qualifications, ...

NASA engineers are recreating the challenging lighting conditions of the Moon’s South Pole to prepare astronauts for the ...

Peggy Whitson, a retired NASA astronaut, is on her way back to the International Space Station for the fifth time as part of ...

Shukla joins the ranks of astronaut Rakesh Sharma, who is orbital astronaut number 138, and Kalpana Chawla, who is number 366 ...

Iowa astronaut Peggy Whitson is back in space, this time as the leader of the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space ...

The mission will be led by veteran Nasa astronaut and retired US Army Colonel William McArthur Jr., now serving as Chief ...