Columbia mission commander Rick Husband is most often spoken of in the context of his death alongside his fellow astronauts in 2003. However, he is remembered by his hometown of Amarillo as a ...

While Texas’ U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) support moving the Space Shuttle Discovery from its current ...

N ASA unveiled its 10 newest astronauts on Monday, chosen out of a pool of more than 8,000 applicants to explore celestial ...

A primary school in Kidderminster has introduced an "exciting" new initiative to its classroom to help nurture creativity.

Minutes after SpaceX's Sept. 28 Starlink launch lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station (VSFS), in California, the ...

Florida is affectionately known as the “Sunshine State”, and is one of the most exciting places to visit in America. With stunning beaches, national parks, and grand theme parks, Florida has no ...

US former NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham, 60, who waited for nearly 20 years ahead of her 2006 space mission, says space tourists may be able to weekend in orbit in just five years' time.

Preparations for the second-ever launch of Blue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket are underway on Florida's Space Coast, as ...

The White House in August quietly rebranded NASA as an intelligence and national security organization, a striking action ...

NASA's Artemis II astronauts will embark on the first crewed U.S. mission to the moon in half a century. It could launch ...

Joan Higginbotham, who spent 12 days aboard the International Space Station and on a NASA Shuttle mission, now promotes STEM subjects in her role at the Kennedy Space Centre Visitor Complex ...

Find out how NASA’s astronaut selection process has evolved.