astronauts

Dec 14, 2022

NASA had to physically prevent the Apollo 10 crew from landing on the moon

NASA astronauts are a brave, brilliant bunch. In the 1960s, they were also fearless to a point many of us…

Dec 14, 2022

Jul 29, 2022

Today in military history: NASA is formed

On July 29, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — or NASA — was established. NASA was created in…

Jul 29, 2022

BYAlex Hollings

Jun 10, 2022

Did the Soviets leave dead cosmonauts in orbit?

Although today we tend to look back at the Space Race with the Soviet Union as a competition we were destined to win, it was actually the Soviets that secured many of the early victories. American officials at the time weren’t only worried about So…

BYAlex Hollings

Jun 10, 2022

BYShannon Corbeil

Feb 5, 2023

That time an astronaut snuck a gorilla suit into space

Retired U.S. Navy Captain and former NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly once received a full gorilla suit in a care package…

BYShannon Corbeil

Feb 5, 2023

BYRuddy Cano

May 13, 2021

Exclusive interview with Discovery’s ‘Homemade Astronauts’ Ky Michaelson

The real-life “Rocketman,” Ky Michaelson, is the first civilian to build and launch an unmanned rocket into space. He’s working…

BYRuddy Cano

May 13, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

May 5, 2021

12 lunar men: The definitive list of astronauts who walked on the moon…so far

Apollo 11 Command Module pilot Michael Collins died Wednesday. He was one of 24 American astronauts who flew to the moon between 1968…

BYCoffee Or Die

May 5, 2021

BYMiguel Ortiz

Dec 11, 2020

Over half of NASA’s Artemis Team of astronauts have served

It’s no surprise that many of NASA’s astronauts have military backgrounds. However, it may come as surprise that one of…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Dec 11, 2020

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 7, 2020

New NATGEO series takes a deeper look at America’s race to space

Following World War II, the former Soviet Union and the United States began the ultimate race to space. The Right Stuff series by NATGEO premiering on Disney+ chronicles a period of time filled with excitement, fear and more than anything, …

BYJessica Manfre

Oct 7, 2020

Aug 4, 2020

SpaceX just brought 2 NASA astronauts back to Earth in its Crew Dragon spaceship, kicking off ‘the next era in human spaceflight’

SpaceX just achieved a feat that even CEO Elon Musk thought improbable when he founded the rocket company in 2002: flying people to and from space. On Sunday afternoon, NASA astronauts

Aug 4, 2020

May 27, 2020

Why SpaceX’s launch for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk’s rocket company and the US as a whole

The last time the United States launched humans into space from American soil was in 2011, when the last space shuttle made its final voyage into orbit. Since then, NASA has relied on Russian Soyuz rockets to ferry its astronauts to and from t…

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

May 27, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

U.S.-Russian crew lands safely In Kazakhstan after more than 200 days in space

Three members of the U.S.-Russian crew have returned to Earth after spending several months at the International Space Station (ISS). Russia’s Roskosmos space agency

BYRadio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

Seasoned astronaut has a big problem with NASA spacesuits

NASA, you have a spacesuit problem. That was the crux of a message delivered on Sep. 6, 2019 by Sandra “Sandy” Magnus, a seasoned former astronaut, during an official meeting of spaceflight safety experts in Houston, Texas, on Sep. 6, 2019.

Apr 29, 2020

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

This soldier might be the first female on the moon

The list of female astronauts who could potentially is a short one. Only 12 would be able to go to the moon by 2024, in line with President Trump’s direction that the Space Agency should return to the moon, according to NASA. But only one of those …

BYBlake Stilwell

Apr 29, 2020

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

These technologies will help return astronauts to the Moon

Robotically surveying lunar craters in record time and mining resources in space could help NASA establish a sustained human presence at the Moon – part of the agency’s broader Moon to Mars exploration approach. Two mission concepts to explore th…

BYNASA

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

A NASA document actually started the Moon landing conspiracy

Kieran L. asks: Who started the conspiracy theory about the moon landing being fake? Since the early 1970s conspiracy theorists have created ever more elaborate stories about how NASA faked the moon landings, much to the annoyance of the liter…

Apr 29, 2020

Apr 29, 2020

This is why Apollo 13 astronauts couldn’t just put their suits on to stay warm

Contrary to popular belief, space isn’t actually “cold” per se, at least not in the way often depicted in movies. Space is just mostly empty and all that nothing doesn’t have a temperature. For example, if you were in space without a space suit,…