Schirra, 84, was the first astronaut to fly three times in space. May 3, 2007 — -- Walter M. Schirra Jr., one of America's original seven astronauts, has died at the age of 84. Schirra, said NASA ...

NASA's Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Project Mercury was the United States' first human spaceflight program. Delmas D. "Del" Burchfield (1926-2016) was an engineer at McDonnell ...

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

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

In 1961, as the space race was heating up and NASA launched its Mercury programme, everything was ready for the first manned ...

Mickey Kapp, a record producer who, after forging a somewhat improbable connection with several Mercury 7 astronauts, went on to provide later space explorers with customized mixtapes to listen to ...

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

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla thrilled space enthusiasts by sharing a behind-the-scenes look at his astronaut training. He posted a video on X that shows him inside the iconic Multi Axis Trainer ...

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, ...