Spacewalking astronauts repaired and upgraded the famed Hubble Telescope during five missions from 1993 to 2009. Here's a summary of these epic servicing efforts.

I remember, back in the heady, optimistic days of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Volkswagen had just started to build ...

Women in space: An international timeline of their milestones to the stars and back More than 600 people who have launched into space. Only 100 have been women. Here are those who made milestones ...

Charles Walker (BSAAE ’71) becomes the first industry-sponsored astronaut to fly on the space shuttle when he participates in the STS-41-D mission. A McDonnell Douglas employee, Walker operates the ...

The consecutive failures may have decreased the likelihood SpaceX can meet NASA’s goal of landing on the moon in 2027, experts said.

Two months since Starliner launched, NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams remain in space. A timeline shows the major dates of the mission.

After graduating with her Ph.D. in Biochemistry, and the space shuttle flying astronauts of all backgrounds, Whitson applied to become a NASA astronaut.

In addition to the story, the book also includes a timeline of real-life events, starting from Jones' selection to the astronaut class on Jan. 16, 1990, to Space Shuttle Endeavour's safe return to ...

After the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in Sabine County, many volunteers did what they could to help feed and assist those searchers part of the recovery efforts.

The space shuttle was an extremely complex vehicle, mingling the use of solid-rocket boosters—which are something akin to very, very powerful firecrackers—along with exquisitely built main ...