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As part of NASA’s ongoing Inspiration Tour, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation at the Philadelphia Eagles vs.…

On Sept. 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to go to space.In NASA’s early days, women and people of color…

Celebrations of Star Trek’s 60th anniversary made it all the way to the final frontier.Among the science and supplies delivered to the International Space Station (ISS)…

HOUSTON — What does NASA’s astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring more commercial space stations into the fold?It’s an…

In May 1978, a 37-year-old machinist and his wife flew their odd-looking homebuilt airplane from Indiana to Mojave, California, to show it to its designer, Burt…

Prolific NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has announced his retirement from the U.S. space agency after 30 years of public service.NASA announced Fincke’s decision on Wednesday (Aug.…

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Mike Fincke smiles for a portrait during research operations for the Droplets fluid physics investigation. Fincke was inside the…

NEW YORK — I’m the kind of person who, every so often, falls into accidental daydreams about the concept of space. Usually because I’m listening to…

Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei…

ONCE UPON A TIME IN SPACE | Clip | Fix the Ship – YouTube Watch On All systems are go! PBS just launched the second episode…