NASA has assigned astronaut Jessica Watkins to serve as a mission specialist on the agency’s…
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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.
A radiation sensor aboard the spacecraft is providing new data on the health risks humans…
Debris from a Russian anti-satellite test forced ISS crew to close hatches and shelter in…
Running more than 30 minutes ahead of schedule, the SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts docked to the…
The spacecraft carrying ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and his NASA astronaut colleagues Raja Chari, Thomas…
NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer arrived at…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts are in orbit following their launch to the International Space Station…
We have liftoff! At 9:03 p.m. EST, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast…
NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, and ESA (European Space…
Crew-2 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Pilot Megan McArthur monitor data as Mission Specialist Thomas Pesquet…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission now is targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 10:33…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission now is targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 7:14…
NASA and SpaceX continue to review launch and return opportunities for the upcoming crew rotation…
NASA is delaying the upcoming launch of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission due to a minor…
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting 1:10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, November 3, for the agency’s…
Research reviews show back pain affects more than 50% of space travelers. As more people…
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos and Russian actress Yulia Peresild and Russian producer-director Klim…