Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s latest call for proposals to conduct private astronaut missions to the International Space Station opens the door to having those missions commanded by someone ...

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

This was the first manned flight of Project Mercury, which NASA created to put astronauts in orbit. Shepard launched just three weeks after the Soviet Union launched the first person into orbit.

“Faced with new situations and new challenges, the entire project team worked closely ... On-site medical staff confirmed that the astronauts were in good condition, according to the CMSA.

For decades, people with diabetes were told they couldn’t become astronauts. However, if this new study being launched aboard ...

A new laboratory launched into space this week could hold the key to feeding astronauts on long-term missions to the Moon, ...

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA's Anne McClain emerged from the International ...

Their projects earned praise and constructive feedback from NASA professionals, including astronauts, project managers, biomedical engineers, and software directors. Under the team name Emotion ...

Suffice it to say, he's reluctant, telling Sandra Hüller that he puts the "not in astronaut ... people in the world to see anything from ‘Project Hail Mary' that aren't my mom." ...