The astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 66 worked throughout Wednesday on U.S. and Russian spacesuits.…
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Astronauts are highly trained professionals who travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere to conduct missions in space. Their work involves everything from piloting spacecraft and performing scientific experiments to assembling structures in orbit and exploring other celestial bodies. Astronauts are at the forefront of human space exploration, helping to advance our understanding of space, technology, and the effects of microgravity on the human body. This page highlights the latest news about astronaut missions, training, discoveries aboard space stations, and the expanding role of humans in the new era of space travel.
The Expedition 66 crew members continue unpacking the SpaceX Cargo Dragon vehicle and initiating brand…
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission –…
NASA has selected Axiom Space for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space…
UTSW Brain Pressure Project Critical to Mars Mission, NASA Says A subtle smile emerged on…
Marcos Berríos ’06, Christina Birch PhD ’15, and Christopher Williams PhD ’12 make up a…
NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants…
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron concluded the first Expedition 66 spacewalk at 12:47 p.m. EST, after…
NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron are reviewing the procedures they will use during…
The International Space Station (ISS), a human-made marvel the size of a football field, orbits…
After receiving additional information about a late notification debris event on Monday, NASA determined the…
The evening of Monday, November 29, NASA received a debris notification for the International Space…
Two NASA astronauts are preparing for a spacewalk on Tuesday (November 30, 2021) to replace…
Plymouth, Massachusetts, and Plymouth, England—linked by name and colonial history—also share ancient geologic roots. Both…
NASA, ESA, and international partners are developing rovers and reactors to test oxygen production on…
This past weekend, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, along with fellow veteran astronauts Michael López-Alegría…
The Expedition 66 crew is turning its attention to the U.S. Cygnus space freighter as…
NASA and U.S. Space Command continue to monitor the debris cloud created by a recent…