She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...

As NASA pushed the boundaries of human endurance in space 60 years ago, the Gemini VII mission revealed not only the possibilities of long-duration orbital flight but also the physical challenges ...

Larry Bell (left) and Chet Vaughan worked for many years for NASA from the moon landings to the International Space Station. When former astronauts from the Apollo era pass away, it tends to make the ...

Texas A&M University students digitize NASA scientist John Charles' papers into an aerospace medicine library that's already aiding researchers.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are potentially days away from heading back to Earth and putting the whole Boeing Starliner debacle behind them for good. In less than a week, the ...

On a cool October morning in 2025, a sleek jet streaked across the sky above California’s Mojave Desert. This was NASA and Lockheed Martin’s X-59, an experimental airplane designed to fly faster than ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars.

A number of high-profile missions would get the axe, including the New Horizons Pluto probe and Juno Jupiter orbiter. The White House wants to slash NASA's budget and workforce and cancel a number of ...

The newly released "skinny budget" would cancel the Gateway moon-orbiting space station and Mars sample return, among other projects. The rumors about impending NASA budget cuts were well-founded, it ...