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 ...

Following the early departure of Crew-11 in mid-January due to a medical concern, the International Space Station began February with a crew of just three. Two cosmonauts, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and ...

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 ...

NASA is sending the first Black and first female astronauts to the moon in an upcoming launch, marking the first journey to ...

An alumna of the University of Colorado Boulder and a Kentucky native, Overcash was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates from over 8,000 applications received for their Astronaut Class of 2025.

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

Cameron Jones still remembers exactly where he was when NASA called. Jones, who considers Savanna, Illinois, his hometown, was sitting on the floor of his kitchen with his wife and young daughter when ...

In just over a week, four astronauts could launch toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The crew, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover and Canadian ...

Robert "Bob" Springer's open-mindedness has taken him from the small town of Ashland to the skies of Vietnam and the halls of ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...