The Expedition 63 crew continues preparing for Sunday’s scheduled space delivery of nearly 8,000 pounds…
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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.
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…
The three Expedition 63 crew members living aboard the International Space Station will spend the…
Two of Earth’s most colorful upper atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, met just before dawn…
This photograph, taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station (ISS), captures the bright…
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico…
Watch raw footage of the 2:48 p.m. EDT, Sunday, August 2, 2020, splashdown of SpaceX’s…
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico…
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first…
Two NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, splashed down safely in the SpaceX Crew…
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are just hours away from splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico…