As NASA sets its sights on the moon and Mars, the agency has taken a significant step forward by selecting 10 new astronauts. This new class of astronauts is a testament to NASA’s commitment to ...

The two professional photography instructors who trained Artemis II astronauts to take pictures of the moon and Earth during their historic lunar flyby ​said they were as impressed as the public by ...

Credit: Axiom Space SYDNEY—Axiom Space has unveiled a pilot program to provide personalized training for prospective human spaceflight participants interested in conducting microgravity research. Its ...

LIFT Academy, the flight training subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., has been awarded a contract by NASA to provide specialized flight training for astronaut candidates. At LIFT Academy's ...

In space an astronaut’s body is tested to new limits. Time spent in the low gravity of space can wreak havoc on unchallenged ...

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 ...

A study on the ISS found that astronauts over-grip objects because their brains retain expectations of Earth’s gravity.

The tendrils of Christina Koch’s flyaway hair swirled about in the gravityless cockpit of the Orion spacecraft, seeming to ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...