First Woman to Pilot a Space Shuttle Explains How She Got There Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, flying the shuttle Discovery with a crew that included Russian...
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10 and Air Force General, Has Died at Age 93 Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet...
4 New Astronauts Head to the International Space Station for a 6-Month Stay SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette...
Private US Moon Lander Still Working After Breaking Leg and Falling, But Not for Long The first private U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon broke a leg at touchdown before falling over, according to company...
Russian Space Officials Say Air Leak at International Space Station Poses No Danger to Its Crew Roscosmos' statement followed comments by Joel Montalbano, NASA's station project manager, who noted Wednesday that the leak...
Sideways Moon Landing Cuts Mission Short, Private US Lunar Lander Will Stop Working Tuesday Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data...
Private Lander Touches Down on the Moon but Sending Weak Signal Despite the spotty communication, Intuitive Machines, the company that built and managed the craft, confirmed that it had...
From Annapolis to Outer Space: Former Navy Women's Soccer Player Nicole Aunapu Mann Now an Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is unquestionably among the greatest players in Navy women's soccer history. Now, her out-of-this-world...
Private US Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon Ahead of Landing Attempt A private U.S. lunar lander is in orbit around the moon, a day before it will attempt to land on the surface.
Skylab's 1979 Crash Provides a Glimpse at the International Space Station's Future As the U.S. and its partners involved in the International Space Station work through another possible down-to-the-wire...
For Decades, Recipients Were Honored with Purple Hearts Made During WWII. This Company Now Forges New Medals. For decades, recipients of the Purple Heart were honored with medals that had been forged during World War II, leftover stock...
Officers with Higher Rank Get Better Care than Those with Lower Ranks at Military Hospitals, Study Finds A look at 1.5 million emergency room visits in the military health system shows that, in addition to racial bias, disparities...
Another Dead End for Airborne Lasers: Air Force Scraps Effort to Mount Directed-Energy Weapon on Fighter Jet The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator, or SHiELD, was envisioned as a laser weapon mounted on fighter jets such as...
'He Was Great Before He Came to Us': Air Force Leaders Speak at Funeral of Florida Airman Killed by Police The military connection and the attendance and participation by Air Force officials made the service for Roger Fortson an...
Military Ospreys Can't Fly More Than 30 Minutes from Landing Airfield Months After Grounding Lifted Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy V-22 Ospreys were all given the green light to fly again in early March and have been slowly...