If you’re anything like us sci-fi geeks, you probably spent your childhood dreaming of becoming an astronaut when you grew up. And maybe you still kind of hope to turn that dream into reality someday.

NASA introduced its newest astronauts Monday, 10 scientists, engineers and test pilots chosen from more than 8,000 applicants to help explore the moon and possibly Mars. For the first time, there were ...

NASA announced the first class of astronauts in four years who could one day be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars on Monday, Sept. 22, and one of the individuals selected is from Kentucky.

The next group of astronauts could be heading to space in a week, where they will relieve a group of spacefarers at the International Space Station who played a critical role in bringing the Boeing ...

Five years after their space jaunts, the astronauts appear to be in good cardiovascular health. Living in microgravity changes the human body — and usually for the worse. Bone density decreases, ...

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth spaceflight of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary heading for their ...

Astronauts generally can’t look out the window like you might in a car – a ‘virtual window’ could instead serve that purpose.

The claim was based on the minimum possible starting pay an astronaut could receive in 2019, but even then astronauts could start at higher pay. In 2024, all astronauts made more than double that. The ...

Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing’s Starliner. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted ...