What does it take to prepare for a mission to the Moon when you might have to fill any role? Backup astronaut Bob Hines ...

A NASA astronaut preparing for a grueling eight-month stint in orbit reveals a plan to test for extraterrestrial life.

In 2024, I flew on a microgravity, or zero G, parabolic flight with the European Space Agency (ESA). The aeroplane flew big arcs up and down in the sky. At the top of the arc I experienced 22 seconds ...

How do you teach someone to look at the moon? Not glance at it, the way we all have on a clear night, but truly read it, the way a geologist reads a hillside. That was the challenge NASA set itself ...

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of ...

NASA named the four astronauts it plans to send on the Artemis III mission Tuesday, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program.

Volunteers are training for a possible Mars mission that could mean leaving Earth behind for good. But the real danger is not ...

With no engine and one shot at touchdown, Space Shuttle pilots had to master an approach that pushed every boundary of ...

In The Second Orbit, Shubhanshu Shukla recounts his journey to the ISS and the Axiom-4 mission. The memoir underlines that ...

NASA on Tuesday named the four astronauts it plans to send on the Artemis III mission, the next major step in its return-to-the-moon program. Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Frank Rubio and Andre ...

The U.S. Army is launching into space again by way of Col. Frank Rubio, who will be part of the 2027 Artemis III mission, NASA announced Tuesday.