Axiom Space has launched Project Astronaut, a new initiative to combine human performance science with astronaut training. Portuguese physiologist Emiliano Ventura becomes the program’s first ...

From foxholes to flying helicopters in combat, and even to floating labs in space, when the U.S. Army needs unmatched ...

NASA announced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class on September 22, 2025. The 10 candidates, pictured here at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston are: U.S. Army CW3 Ben Bailey ...

The new selection of NASA astronauts will spend two years in training before becoming eligible for flight assignments.

NASA announced its newest class of astronauts Sept. 22 as agency leaders and lawmakers emphasized their intent to return ...

"America is going to put the first woman on the surface of the Moon in the history of mankind...And the first boot that ever ...

Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved.

When Anil Menon launches into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket next June, he'll bring two decades of experience as a ...

Scientists are calling attention to an extremely common health problem that's been making astronauts uncomfortable: sinus issues. Researchers from Houston Methodist hospital’s Department of ...

In 2003, during his maiden spaceflight, China’s first astronaut,Yang Liwei, encountered a strange and unsettling phenomenon: a mysterious knocking sound. As he navigated the vast emptiness of space, ...

Italian astronaut details what it was like to almost drown in outer space. Aug. 21, 2013 — -- "I can hardly hear them, and they can't hear me. I'm alone. I frantically think of a plan," says Luca ...

Announced at the 2025 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney, the program represents a bold attempt to merge ...