Six International Space Station residents will spend a week working together in low-Earth orbit before…
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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.
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space…
The Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey…
Nearly nine minutes after a successful launch at 1:45 a.m. EDT of the Soyuz MS-17…
Veteran NASA astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore will join astronauts Mike Fincke and Nicole Mann for…
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter is open for business just five hours after it was…
While passing over northern Utah, an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) captured this…
Americans exercise their right to vote from all over the world, and for November’s election, few…
It’s the space-age old question: how do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? The…
The Expedition 63 crew continues preparing for Sunday’s scheduled space delivery of nearly 8,000 pounds…
Late Monday night, the Expedition 63 crew was awakened by flight controllers to continue troubleshooting…
During her first mission to space and to the International Space Station, Kate Rubins became…
The International Space Station (ISS) is a unique laboratory operating in low-Earth orbit. Over the…
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano provides words of wisdom to young people on how investing their…
NASA and Boeing continue to make progress toward the company’s second uncrewed flight test of…
Astronaut Doug “Wheels” Wheelock spent his NASA career expanding knowledge of living and working in…
NASA has assigned astronaut Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed…
The three Expedition 63 crew members spent another day inside the Russian segment of the International…