No joke, NASA astronauts are set to blast off to the moon on April 1. The space agency said Thursday, March 12, that they have completed the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review. They added the mission ...

N ASA has revealed the surprisingly sophisticated meals that astronauts will eat on their way around the Moon during the ...

Celebrating Mississippi State University’s newest Astronaut Scholars are, from left, Curt Brown, former NASA astronaut; senior physics and biomedical engineering major Spencer Lile of Benton, Arkansas ...

One of the most remarkable moments in early space exploration occurred during the final mission of NASA’s Mercury program. Astronaut Gordon “Gordo” Cooper spent more than a day in orbit aboard the ...

NASA said Friday it’s adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a ...

The mission’s goals have changed, and Artemis 4 will be the first lunar landing attempt. Four missions are tentatively ...

In November 1960, NASA’s Mercury Redstone 1 launch produced one of the strangest failures in early spaceflight when the rocket lifted just four inches before shutting down. The incident exposed ...

NASA announced an overhaul of its ambitious Artemis lunar program Friday morning, adding a new preparatory mission in 2027 ...

But, well before the moon landing, back in 1962, an astronaut called John Glenn got to fly up to space in a rocket, where he saw something that 'he'd never seen anything like' before in his life.

Here’s a look at the life of astronaut James Lovell. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1928 Death date: August 7, 2025 Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio Birth name: James Arthur Lovell Jr. Father: James ...

The Cape Canaveral site is where John Glenn launched to orbit. Now it will host Stoke Space's Nova rocket; an effort toward ...

Apollo 13 commander and Ohio native Jim Lovell's successful failure captivated the world.