India's ambitious human spaceflight programme is entering a critical new chapter, with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) gearing up to launch the Gaganyaan-1 (G1) mission in December. A ...

After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the moon, and—if all ...

Ex-SpaceX employee Laura Crabtree worked under Elon Musk for 11 years, training crew for space. She tested out the trainings for herself, she said.

1. A brief history of NASA astronaut selection -- 2. Applying to become an astronaut -- 3. Selection -- 4. Astronaut probationary training -- 5. Technical assignments -- 6. Types of mission -- 7.

Randolf Breznik is heading to the ISS in 2017. —STAR CITY, Russia -- A U.S. astronaut has spent two nights braving the Russian snows with his crew at a space center outside Moscow, simulating ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An accomplished U.S. Navy pilot from Oldham County has been selected to train as part of NASA’s next class of astronauts. Erin Overcash, 34, of Goshen, was one of ten people chosen ...

AMES, Iowa – It really isn’t all about training the next generation of astronauts. The third year (or Expedition 3) of the Spaceflight Operations Workshop at Iowa State University is really more about ...

Houston, the site of mission control for astronaut training, just got two new additions from Texas. Rebecca Lawler and Anna Menon, from Little Elm and Houston, respectively, were selected as NASA ...

From space rockets to 13-hour workdays, millennial astronaut Sara Sabry reveals the mind trick that can make discomfort your secret weapon to success. “I see a lot of young people now—they’re wanting ...

Mann will serve as mission commander on the SpaceX Crew-5 mission. Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is set to become the first Native American woman in space when NASA launches its new crew to the ...