NASA announced its newest class of astronauts Sept. 22 as agency leaders and lawmakers emphasized their intent to return ...

On Monday, the space agency announced the 10 people chosen for its 2025 astronaut candidate class, selected from over 8,000 ...

Instead, it was Joe Acaba, NASA’s chief astronaut, asking if she was still interested in being an astronaut. “Of course, I said, ‘Absolutely.’” Sign up for First Up: From SpaceNews' Jeff Foust, a ...

NASA has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates who will train for missions to the Moon and Mars. Their selection represents a ...

NASA unveiled 10 recruits who will undergo training to become eligible for future missions that could carry humans deeper into the cosmos than ever.

But with that milestone apparently came another: the first astronaut class in 40 years without any Black candidates. The most recent class to not include any Black men or women was group 11 in 1985, ...

NASA unveiled its 2025 astronaut class this week, and two familiar names popped out: Anna Menon and Yuri Kubo. Both spent ...

In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space ...

Becoming an astronaut is the dream job of a tenth of British children, and the majority of kids in China. It’s not for the paycheque – but if you’ve ever wondered how much it pays, one retired NASA ...

Astronauts of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon for more than 50 years hope their journey inspires a new generation.