The Army recently approved the designs for both badges, which the service’s top enlisted leader first announced in October.

The Space Activity Badge for Explorer Scouts is supported by Tim Peake, the UK’s first European Space Agency astronaut, to inspire young people to develop a true connection with space and STEM.

Other companies have similar aspirations. The US space company Axiom Space, best known for organizing short trips to the International Space Station for private astronauts, intends to launch a ...

Emily Coulter, age 15, Explorer Scout who attended the launch, said: “I loved earning the Space Activity Badge for Explorer Scouts. I got the chance to speak to a real astronaut and develop ...

NASA's SPHEREx and PUNCH missions will need to wait a little longer before heading to space. After delaying the launch of these missions five times — they were originally slated to take to the ...

March 25, 2025 • In deference to President Trump's anti-DEI order, the space agency has removed a promise to send the "the first woman, first person of color" to walk on the moon aboard the ...

He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York ...

(L to R) Laura Shepard Churchley, Michael Strahan, Dylan Taylor, Cameron Bess, Lane Bess and Evan Dick stand on the landing pad after they flew into space on Dec. 11, 2021 near Van Horn ...

Two NASA astronauts who launched on a short mission to the International Space Station last year that ... all agencies, all badges, all companies; leaders of character, visionaries, visionaries ...