United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

John Glenn launched on the Friendship 7 flight, the first human orbital flight for NASA, which premiered this video to celebrate the 57th anniversary of the flight – and has made it available to share ...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced yesterday plans to reconsider more than two dozen rules. And, astronauts ...

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first great ape to travel to space. His mission was crucial in proving ...

As the SpaceX Crew-10 spacecraft prepares for its launch from the Kennedy Space Center next Wednesday, commanded by Spokane’s Col. Anne McClain on her second mission to the International Space Station ...

The wife of a late NASA astronaut has opened up on the stories he used to tell her about UFOs. Being in space is a huge thing ...

NASA’s ambitious plan to send astronauts back to the moon on multiple ... These groups look at specific targets of research, such as Mercury, Venus, Mars or the moon. This is a temporary pause ...

3 NASA astronauts, cosmonaut return to Earth Crew ... seven planets will light up the evening sky on Friday, with Mercury joining Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus, and Saturn.

He was nominated as a candidate for NASA’s early astronaut corps in 1961, just as NASA’s Project Mercury crewed flights were beginning. Much of the Mercury technology was crafted by McDonnell ...

NASA recommended looking about 10 degrees above the horizon to glimpse the “fast-moving Mercury” in the Northern ... our planet if you were an astronaut on the lunar surface right then.” ...