When NASA astronauts next visit the moon, it'll be a dark and shadowy expedition. The space agency's renewed moon ambitions, a mission called Artemis, aim to bring astronauts back to our well-cratered ...

In just days, a group of astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — is slated to fly roughly 5,000 miles past the far side of the moon, the farthest humans have ever traveled in space.

HOUSTON – The "8 Balls" have landed in NASA's center pocket. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, eight new astronaut candidates — nicknamed the "Eight Balls" — were formally welcomed to NASA's Johnson Space Center ...

Armageddon is a 1998 disaster film directed by Michael Bay and starring Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Steve Buscemi. After a meteor ...

Training is about to get underway for the first lunar-bound crewed mission in 50 years. NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman, together with Canadian Space Agency astronaut ...

Off the San Diego coast, a team from NASA and the U.S. Navy are conducting critical astronaut recovery drills in preparation for the space agency's first attempt in 50 years to transport humans to the ...

As the race to the moon is renewed, mainly between the U.S. and China, NASA's Artemis 2 crew begin preparing for their upcoming mission. The launch, planned for early 2026, will send four astronauts ...

An eerie image released by NASA reveals how the space agency is gearing up for some rather unique astronaut training. Captured from inside a giant tank of water at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Being an Astronaut is no walk in the park, there is numerous different tests you must pass before you strap on a space suit and get blasted off to a nearby ...

Like her ancestors before her, Emirati astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi has spent much of her life gazing up at the stars and dreaming of flying to the moon. This week, she became the first Arab woman to ...

Dee Smith of Ashley Community Schools recently participated in NASA’s Liftoff program.