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 ...

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

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 ...

On October 11, 1968, Apollo 7 laid the groundwork for a journey of orbiting the Moon and then, one day, landing on it. [...] ...

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

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

After completing his emergency medicine residency in Toledo, Ohio, Marshburn was accepted into the first class of the ...

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

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 ...

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 ...