As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity. Without daily exercise, their muscles, bones and cardiovascular systems weaken ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An accomplished U.S. Navy pilot from Oldham County has been selected to train as part of NASA’s next class of astronauts. Erin Overcash, 34, of Goshen, was one of ten people chosen ...

ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CAVES mimics elements of spaceflight to ...

Jeremy Hansen, seen here at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, says he's excited to be a part of NASA's Artemis II mission, which will be headed for a trip around the moon as early as February.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is hosting its annual Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students this week, providing blind and low-vision students with hands-on astronaut ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Now, that’s all about to change with the Artemis II programme due to launch in March this year. The Artemis program is a series of lunar launches with the goal of reestablishing a human presence on ...

Twenty-eight Chinese astronauts have just completed a highly demanding cave-training mission designed to replicate the psychological and physical extremes of spaceflight. As reported by CGTN, the ...

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...