Glennan dubbed the 110 men Mercury Astronauts, said that beginning this month they will go to Washington in groups of about 30 for full briefings on Project Mercury. After that, the candidates ...

A four-member crew, including NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left the ISS early Tuesday on ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Joining the Starliner astronauts for the water landing off the Florida coast at around 5:57 p.m. EDT were NASA astronaut Nick ...

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

The astronaut selection ... Carpenter's only trip to space in a Mercury capsule. Schirra flew on Mercury-Atlas 8 and went on to command Gemini 6A and Apollo 7. Cooper was launched on the final ...

Their very first manned spaceflight, Project Mercury, featured silver ... It's the ideal color to keep the astronauts safe. If you're planning to go out in outer space, that reflective nature ...

As ‘space tourism’ grows and private companies become more involved in orbital missions, space law has failed to keep up.