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 ...

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.

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.

and backup crew members NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons trek across the Icelandic landscape during their field geology training. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz NASA’s ...

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

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's Transform to Open Science (TOPS) initiative is designed to transform agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science. TOPS's goal is to train the scientific ...

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

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