Astronauts

Space News December 18, 2024

Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March

Dec 18 (Reuters) – NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency…

Space News August 23, 2024

NASA says decision on Boeing Starliner crew’s path home coming Saturday

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – NASA said on Thursday it expects to announce on Saturday its decision on whether the two astronauts who rode Boeing’s…

Space News April 4, 2023

NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on…

Space News August 22, 2022

NASA Identifies Candidate Regions for Landing Next Americans on Moon

As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under Artemis, the agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole….

Space News April 23, 2021

SpaceX rocketship launches 4 astronauts on NASA mission to space station

NASA and Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX launched a new four-astronaut team on a flight to the International Space Station on Friday, the first…

Space News July 28, 2020

NASA Announces Astronauts to Fly on SpaceX Crew-2 Mission

NASA and its international partners have assigned crew members for Crew-2, which will be the second operational SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space…

Space News February 28, 2018

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth, Land Safely in Kazakhstan

Three members of the Expedition 54 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS), including NASA astronauts Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba, returned to Earth…

Space News February 1, 2018

Lockheed Martin Begins Construction on First Orion Spaceship that will take Astronauts into Deep Space

DENVER, Feb. 1, 2018 — Construction has officially begun on the spaceship that will achieve America’s goal of returning astronauts to the Moon. Lockheed Martin technicians…

Space News January 7, 2016

NASA Astronauts Get Advance Look at CST-100 Starliner Trainers

Systems will prepare crews for Boeing’s first-ever commercial spaceflights to International Space Station Two of the four NASA astronauts training to fly Boeing’s [NYSE: BA]…