However, during these early years of spaceflight, NASA engineers and astronauts cut their teeth on a variety of spaceflight ...

After six manned Mercury missions came Project Gemini. Buoyed by the success of Mercury, NASA attempted more ambitious tasks ...

A "deeply personal" set of images filmed by NASA astronauts which includes the first ever selfie taken in space has been ...

On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. This small capsule could carry two astronauts into space at a time. NASA created the Gemini program to help the U.S. get ready ...

NASA will honor former astronaut James (Jim) McDivitt for his involvement in the Gemini and Apollo space programs with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award. The ceremony is at 3:30 ...

In the vastness of the universe, every moment is filled with wonders. Recently, a set of precious photographs that had been sealed for many years has been restored and made public. These images ...

Looking back on the trajectory leading to Project Apollo and the resulting Moon missions, one can be forgiven for thinking that this was a strict and well-defined plan that was being executed, ...

Fifty years ago, the two-tiered NASA mission Gemini 7/6A made history by proving that two independently launched spacecraft piloted by astronauts could meet up while orbiting Earth. Humankind’s first ...

Early this morning, the crew of a commercial space mission opened the hatch of their Crew Dragon capsule as they orbited 435 miles above Earth. Half the Polaris Dawn crew, SpaceX astronaut Sarah ...

The following is an excerpt from The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo by Amy Paige Kaminski. The book will be published June 11, 2024, by the ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. When NASA first began launching rockets into space – barely half a ...