United States Project Mercury," released in 1960, documents the rigorous training of America's first seven astronauts as part of NASA's Project Mercury. It highlights the physical and psychological ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

Anita Mitchell, who was married to late NASA pilot Edgar Mitchell, said the Apollo astronaut and many of his colleagues firmly believed that extra-terrestrial life is out there ...

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

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

are now primarily how NASA delivers astronauts and cargo into low-Earth orbit. NASA wasn’t so dependent on private companies when it conceived Project Mercury, the country’s first human ...

The agency is reconsidering rules that limit climate pollution from cars and power plants, regulations that limit soot and mercury in the air ... The Environmental Integrity Project said the EPA is ...

It is an artistic creation falling somewhere in the space-time continuum between traditional planetarium show and trippy ...

Bonus nerd points for the NASA leadership naming their secret meeting Project Elrond after the ... training and flights of the Mercury 7 astronauts, including Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), John ...