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 ...

President Donald Trump's call for homeless encampments to be cleaned up comes as Washington, D.C., officials worry about a federal takeover of the city.

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft in a couple of weeks. For ...

“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...

For decades following the Apollo moon missions, which featured only white, male astronauts, NASA sought to increase the ...

all-white, all-male astronaut corps. “Kennedy was trying to get the nation ready for a Black astronaut,” said Dwight, whose battle against the Goliath of prejudice faded in the aftermath of ...

That’s what transforms dreams into reality. 3 Black astronauts — Re: “Texas celebrates culture — How the state’s recognition of the community began, and how it’s being honored today ...

“What a lie,” Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen wrote ... Trump is hosting some of the most questionable guests at the White House’s Black History Month celebration, as he continues his ...

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on Friday came to Mogensen’s defense, saying on X: “I was Commander of the @ISS when ...

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who commanded the space station in 2013, weighed in on the dispute, reposting ...

Billionaire Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company launched the vehicle into orbit that will return the pair to Earth, also recent said the astronauts had been "stranded" by the Biden administration.

Plus, water is something that astronauts will have to bring lots of on deep space missions. We have our own built-in water shielding on Earth with the atmosphere above, with the added benefit of ...