Astronauts have been making music in orbit for almost 60 years, but at least some of the members of a band called Bandella prefer to think of themselves as musicians… Read More
Hundreds of deep-pocketed tourists are likely to take suborbital space trips as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, as well as the Virgin Galactic venture founded by fellow billionaire Richard… Read More
NASA today named the first 18 astronauts of its “Artemis Team” for missions to the moon — and two of the teammates trace their roots to Washington state. One of… Read More
Virgin Galactic says it has signed an agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas to develop a new readiness program for private-sector astronauts heading to the International Space Station.… Read More
NASA says it’ll take applications for its next class of astronauts between March 2 and 31 — the first step in what’s expected to be a yearlong selection process. To… Read More
Over the course of six decades, NASA has celebrated the selection of its astronauts in groups ranging from the Mercury 7 of 1959 to the Turtles of 2017 — but… Read More
Two Virgin Galactic test pilots are now wearing the first commercial astronaut wings to be awarded since SpaceShipOne’s historic spaceflights in 2004. Last December’s test flight, piloted by Mark “Forger”… Read More
We probably all know someone who wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up. You may even have wanted to be one yourself. Our fascination with space forms the… Read More
News Brief: NASA says Alaskan astronaut candidate Robb Kulin is leaving his training program at the end of this month, one year after his selection for the Class of 2017.… Read More
We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from NASA, they’re still cool on the International Space Station. The… Read More
More than 18,300 people applied to be part of NASA’s astronaut corps, and today NASA unveiled this year’s class of seven men and five women. The Class of 2017’s astronaut… Read More
The High Dive is known for drawing crowds into the local music scene, but this week, music wasn’t what drew nearly 200 people to the venue – it was NASA.… Read More
Three female pioneers of space exploration are the subjects of a new short film from Google. And the experiences the women had and how they describe it all has led… Read More
One year after returning to Earth from his 340-day mission in orbit, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly loves the smell of grass and the feel of water and wind. He now… Read More
Only an out-of-this-world coincidence could produce such earthly results. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who is in a New Zealand hospital after falling ill during a tour of Antarctica, is being treated by a… Read More
There are plenty of billionaires racing to get us to space in one way or another, but Mark Zuckerberg sort of beat them to the punch Wednesday when he participated… Read More
You think it’s hard to get into Harvard? Try making an impression when you’re among the record-high group of 18,300 people who applied to be an astronaut. NASA says that tally is… Read More
That’s one small step for NASA’s women astronauts, one giant leap for Glamour magazine. Women have had a hard time getting their just deserts when it comes to human spaceflight:… Read More
NASA is opening its doors to recruit a fresh batch of astronauts – and by the time the candidates finish training, they just might be able to ride shiny new space taxis… Read More
