For her decades of space flight and research with NASA and now Axiom space, Iowa native and prolific astronaut Peggy Whitson ...

Today marks 39th anniversary of Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, which took lives of seven crew members, including Ronald ...

Astronaut Memorial Ceremony took place Sunday to honor the 17 NASA crew members lost in the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia tragedies.

NASA isn’t the only federal agency affected by the new executive orders; other agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health, are also being forced to ...

Lincoln University is paying tribute to the sculptor of Lincoln’s Soldiers’ Memorial – and the oldest person to travel to space – Ed Dwight. Last spring, the 90-year-old Dwight became the oldest ...

NASA announced the selection of its 13th group of astronaut candidates. The diverse group comprised 23 candidates – seven ...

A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...

Braceville Township, Ohio home to African American Heritage Museum ...

With a rich African American history, an effort is underway to preserve that legacy in Altadena, one of the areas hardest hit ...

On April 12, 1981, NASA's inaugural space shuttle flight launched astronauts John Young and ... saw Guion Bluford become the first African-American in space, launching aboard Challenger on Aug ...

He notes that the American flag is distinctively ... In Platoff's report, she points out that NASA engineers were challenged by the prospect of Apollo astronauts raising a flag on the moon.

Science: Space exploration is full of risks, and NASA has meticulously planned for every possible scenario, including the death of an astronaut in space. Recently, NASA shared detailed protocols on ...