Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot for Gemini III, checks over his helmet prior to flight.

Since those early steps, extravehicular activity has helped provide the solutions to many problems that astronauts face in ...

Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.

The two Boeing Starliner astronauts left behind on the International Space Station are back on Earth, ending an odyssey that ...

After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the best.

That remained true for the Gemini and Apollo programs and the eventual development of the space shuttle, a reusable spacecraft that could glide to a landing rather than be recovered from the ocean.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore's and Suni Williams's eight-day mission lasted nine months. How did they adjust?

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...