Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle may be gone, but Dream Chaser is bringing the concept back - smaller, sleeker, and smarter. Designed for reusability, runway landings, and both cargo and crew transport ...

While they were in space, a NASA space shuttle disintegrated as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and killed all seven astronauts on board in an incident that became known as the Columbia disaster.

Upon becoming a full-time NASA employee after graduation, she supported spacewalks in a variety of functions, including as a lead spacewalk flight controller for space shuttle Endeavor’s final ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She had a distinguished education and career in aerospace engineering ...

Two NASA astronauts have returned to Earth after spending nine months stranded in space. Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore departed the International Space Station (ISS) early on Tuesday morning ...

Orlando’s John Young is the only astronaut with a similar resume, having flown the first space shuttle flight on top of two Gemini and two Apollo missions. On Apollo 16, Young walked on the moon ...

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The growth in the population of satellites and debris in orbit, driven by megaconstellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, has provided a new impetus to efforts to better model how space weather ...

While technologically sophisticated, the suits recall the bulky look of the “pumpkin” pressure suits worn by space shuttle astronauts. (The Boeing suits are not compatible with the Dragon capsule.

Their first flights were aboard NASA's space shuttle, followed by Russia's Soyuz capsule. Both the Starliner and Dragon are completely autonomous but capable of manual command if necessary.

She launched on her first mission on December 9, 2006 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to join ISS Expeditions 14 and 15 for a 195-day stint in orbit. Williams returned to the space station on ...