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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.
Two spacewalks are set to continue upgrading power systems at the International Space Station at…
Speed as important as size in predicting potentially damaging impacts of coronal mass ejections. Space…
The International Space Station has two new NASA astronauts after the SpaceX Crew Dragon arrived…
NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour have arrived at…
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard the…
For the first time in history, NASA astronauts have launched from American soil in a…
Development of Europe’s first ever lunar lander was agreed upon by ESA Member States in…
Today (May 27, 2020), two American astronauts, Robert L. Behnken and Douglas G. Hurley, are…
The Demo-2 flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with Behnken and Douglas Hurley marks the first…
Grammy Award Winner Kelly Clarkson to Perform National Anthem NASA will provide live coverage of…
Yesterday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley…
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again…
In December 1993, NASA held its collective breath as seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour…
The crew of Apollo 13, Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) John L.…
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Andrew Morgan returned to Earth Friday, along with Soyuz Commander…
Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now…
Joint teams from NASA and SpaceX continue making progress on the first flight test with…