Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.

Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...

New research from a professor at the Kansas State University that used imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope gives ...

Two space missions reached their conclusion: one with a splashdown, the other with a quiet lunar death. And thrilling new ...

Astronaut John W. Young caused beef between NASA and congress by smuggling an illicit sandwich onto a space mission.

Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot for Gemini III, checks over his helmet prior to flight.