As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity. Without daily exercise, their muscles, bones and cardiovascular systems weaken ...

1. A brief history of NASA astronaut selection -- 2. Applying to become an astronaut -- 3. Selection -- 4. Astronaut probationary training -- 5. Technical assignments -- 6. Types of mission -- 7.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An accomplished U.S. Navy pilot from Oldham County has been selected to train as part of NASA’s next class of astronauts. Erin Overcash, 34, of Goshen, was one of ten people chosen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, millennial astronaut Sara Sabry reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your ...

Living in the constant free fall of outer space can do a number on your body, from muscle atrophy to psychological malaise, it's tough up there.

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is hosting its annual Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students this week, providing blind and low-vision students with hands-on astronaut ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From top left to bottom right, the 2025 astronaut class: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey, Rebecca Lawler, U.S. Air Force Maj. Cameron ...

Twenty-eight participants recently completed the country's first cave-survival training for astronauts, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The nearly monthlong training, organized in ...