Spread the loveAstronauts play a critical role in both space missions and the maintenance of space stations. A master’s degree in a STEM discipline is required, as well as two years of NASA training.

Iceland has been the backdrop for generations of astronaut training missions. We look at what makes the Arctic island nation ...

This past summer, Professor Jason Lee of the University of Connecticut’s Mechanical Engineering Department traded in his usual lab clothes for a spacesuit, spending 45 days in NASA’s Human ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has started his journey towards space as part of the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission, with a recent visit to SpaceX headquarters marking his first interaction with the Drag ...

NASA looks for candidates with unique skills, including pilots, doctors, and scientists. Space missions can last from a few days to several months, requiring mental stamina. Spacewalks and zero ...

A landscape that could easily be mistaken for the Moon is actually Iceland’s Vatnajökull National Park, where the US space agency (NASA)’s most recent astronaut training mission wrapped up.

Shukla and Nair arrived at Houston, Texas in the first week of August. SpaceX was originally scheduled to launch the crew in ...

Since the Moon is a mere 240,000 miles (386,000 km) from Earth, it will act as a training ground for the future human ...

Crews aboard the International Space Station are preparing for significant transitions as Crew-8 readies for Earth return ...

Indian Air Force Wing Commander prepares for historic Axiom-4 mission to International Space Station, marking India's milestone in space exploration.

Part of the toolkit for the Artemis astronauts will be the Handed Universal Lunar Camera (HULC). Recently, an international team of engineers, scientists and astronauts took HULC out for a test drive ...

Aerospace start-up Space Kidz India has launched an ambitious global project, "ShakthiSAT." The mission seeks to train ...