NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley Join Expedition 63 on ISS
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour have arrived at the International Space Station to join Expedition 63 Commander and…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches Crew Dragon Spacecraft With NASA Astronauts: “A Great Day for America”
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft launched from Kennedy Space Center’s historic…
Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon Launches NASA Astronauts
For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft on its way…
Get Your Ticket to the Moon: Europe’s First Ever Lunar Lander
Development of Europe’s first ever lunar lander was agreed upon by ESA Member States in 2019 and now ESA is seeking your ideas for science…
SpaceX Reaches for Milestone in Spaceflight – A Private Company Launches Astronauts Into Orbit at Low Cost
Today (May 27, 2020), two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, are planning to launch from the Kennedy Space Center on a…
NASA Astronaut Robert Behnken Ready for Today’s Historic SpaceX Crew Dragon Liftoff
The Demo-2 flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with Behnken and Douglas Hurley marks the first launch of American astronauts on an American-made rocket from American…
Landmark NASA SpaceX Commercial Crew Test Flight Coverage Schedule
Grammy Award Winner Kelly Clarkson to Perform National Anthem NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 test…
NASA Astronauts Rehearse for SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Day
Yesterday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley participated in a countdown dress rehearsal of the launch day…
NASA and SpaceX are ‘GO’ to Proceed for Launch of First Astronauts to Space Station from U.S. Since 2011
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International…
The Incredible Story of “The Camera That Saved Hubble”
In December 1993, NASA held its collective breath as seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope 353 miles (568…
Apollo 13 Crew Returned Safely to Earth 50 Years Ago
The crew of Apollo 13, Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) John L. “Jack” Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Fred W. Haise,…
NASA Astronauts Meir, Morgan, Crewmate Skripochka Return to Earth From Space Station
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. The trio…
Astronaut Brain Volume Changes and Pituitary Gland Deforms During Long Spaceflights
Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the journal Radiology suggests that the impact of…
NASA Astronauts Train to Fly the SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft
Joint teams from NASA and SpaceX continue making progress on the first flight test with astronauts to the International Space Station by completing a series…
More Than 12,000 Potential Astronauts Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation
More than 12,000 people have applied to join NASA’s next class of astronauts, demonstrating strong national interest to take part in America’s plans to explore…
Jaw Dropping 4K Views of the Moon Apollo 13 Astronauts Saw on Their Perilous Journey Around the Farside
This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of the Moon that the Apollo 13…
An Astronaut’s Guide to Applying to Be an Astronaut – NASA Accepting Applications
About every four years, NASA accepts applications for a new class of astronauts. We in the astronaut office are thrilled and excited it is that…
NASA Accepting Applications for New Astronauts to Explore Moon, Mars
For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59…