The Houston native holds a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and previously worked in NASA's Mission Control Center at NASA Johnson.
The flight will also mark the farthest trip by humans into deep space, and will travel as many as 9,000 miles beyond the Moon.
Anna Menon, a Duke University alumna, is one of ten students to join NASA's 2025 astronaut class. With a background in engineering and space science, Menon is poised to contribute to future space ...
I grew up in Central Florida, close enough to the Space Coast that shuttle launches were part of my childhood soundtrack. There's nothing like watching humans strapped to controlled explosions arc ...
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We're potentially less than two weeks away from witnessing SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soar once again halfway around the world.
Despite its similarities to Earth (sometimes called Earth’s evil twin), there’s still a lot we don’t know about Venus. A thick atmosphere crackles with lightning and swirls with acid rain, obscuring ...
SpaceX is gearing up to launch its Starship megarocket once again in October from its Starbase site in South Texas.
On this month’s episode of The Sky Above, host Leah Pezzetti discusses upcoming astronomical events and also the race to space.
NASA is making thousands of employees work without pay during the government shutdown to keep its Artemis moon missions on track with private contractors SpaceX and Blue Origin. Workers assigned to ...