In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

In 1962, Scott Carpenter launched into orbit in Aurora 7! He named his capsule "Aurora", because he viewed his flight as a "celestial event.

It was first used during NASA’s Mercury program – the United States’ first human spaceflight project. Although Mercury astronauts never had to manually recover from such spins in space, the training ...

The earliest photographs taken by American astronauts in space have been restored to extraordinary detail, revealing the ...

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

Scott Carpenter, one of two remaining astronauts from NASA’s Mercury program and the second American to orbit the earth, died Wednesday at the age of 88. His family did not specify a cause of death, ...

HOUSTON, Texas, -- NASA welcomed 11 new astronauts to its ranks on Friday, increasing the number of those eligible for spaceflight assignments that will one day deliver another giant leap for mankind.

The new book "Gemini and Mercury Remastered" features iconic images from the earliest days of human space exploration ...