European Space Agency Adds 5 New Astronauts in Only Fourth Class since 1978. Over 20,000 Applied For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived...
NASA Is Seeking a Faster, Cheaper Way to Bring Mars Samples to Earth Retrieving Mars soil and rocks has been on NASA’s to-do list for decades, but the date kept moving forward, as costs...
A Total Solar Eclipse Races Across North America as Clouds Part Along Totality Eclipse mania gripped all of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, as the moon swept in front of the sun, blotting out daylight...
First Woman to Pilot a Space Shuttle Explains How She Got There Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, flying the shuttle Discovery with a crew that included Russian...
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10 and Air Force General, Has Died at Age 93 Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet...
4 New Astronauts Head to the International Space Station for a 6-Month Stay SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette...
Private US Moon Lander Still Working After Breaking Leg and Falling, But Not for Long The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over, according to company...
Russian Space Officials Say Air Leak at International Space Station Poses No Danger to Its Crew Roscosmos' statement followed comments by Joel Montalbano, NASA's station project manager, who noted Wednesday that the leak...
Sideways Moon Landing Cuts Mission Short, Private US Lunar Lander Will Stop Working Tuesday Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data...
Private Lander Touches Down on the Moon but Sending Weak Signal Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had...
Proposed Transfer of Guard Units to Space Force Sparks Opposition from 48 Governors, 5 US Territories While a handful of U.S. governors had spoken out against the plan over the last few weeks, this latest letter marks the most...
Veterans Scammed Out of GI Bill Benefits Could Get Benefits Restored Under House-Passed Bill Advocates for student veterans applauded its passage in the House as a key milestone in fixing an injustice facing those...
Fired After 6 Months: Army Sacks Commander of Germany Unit Meant to Bolster NATO Against Russia Lt. Col. Eric Ackles, commander of 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was relieved of command, the service...
Retired Captain of First US Nuclear Submarine Celebrates Turning 100 in Spokane Frank Fogarty knew nothing about nuclear physics on ships when he got pulled from his Korean War submarine duty to interview...
Why Israel Is So Determined to Launch an Offensive in Rafah. And Why So Many Oppose It Israel is determined to launch an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global...