Who Was Bruce McCandless II? First Person to Spacewalk Untethered in Space
One moment occurred in 1984 when NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human to spacewalk or float free from ...
Why Sunita Williams and other female astronauts don’t tie their hair in space
Astronauts' hair care in space poses unique challenges due to microgravity. Female astronauts often keep their hair loose, ...
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Native History: Astronaut John B. Herrington, Chickasaw, Becomes First American Indian in Space
Liftoff on November 23, 2002, set in motion a lot more than space shuttle Endeavour for NASA astronaut John Herrington ... fun to see them use some tools that I had used. They didn’t tether their ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
NASA to put Starliner’s thrusters through an extensive workout before next launch
Starliner returned autonomously in early September. Since then, NASA and Boeing have been reviewing data from the test flight ...
NASA puts biggest rocket pieces together for Artemis II moon mission
The slow race of getting NASA's Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year's Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...
How NASA's Perseverance is helping prepare astronauts for Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars in 2021 to search for signs of ancient microbial life and to help scientists ...
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NASA astronaut's hair 'magically transformed' after unexpectedly spending 9 months in space?
The photographs purportedly showing Williams after her return to Earth were taken in June 2024, before her space mission. In mid-March 2025, after NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams's ...
NASA’s Spacecraft That Touched the Sun Just Won Aerospace’s Biggest Prize
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe team won the 2024 Collier Trophy for boldly venturing into the Sun’s atmosphere. With revolutionary ...
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‘Targeted’ and ‘cruel’: NASA staff react to layoffs as broader changes loom
NASA has outlined how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s order that federal agencies eliminate “waste, bloat, and insularity” — but it’s not yet clear just how sweeping the ...