Sixty-four years after the first American to fly into space sought permission to pee in his suit, a new campaign is pairing ...

Naccarato was enraptured. He watched rocket launches on television, along with “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica.” He ...

Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998. But he’d been gone from NASA for decades and was close to wrapping up his Senate career.

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to go to space. He launched from Cape Canaveral on a Mercury-Redstone ...

HERE’S a question: do you know what happens to pee in space? If yes, urine with a chance of nailing this quiz. If not, you ...

Omega CEO Raynald Aeschlimann weighs in on what the Moonwatch's legacy would be if the watch had never gone to space. Here's ...

NASA is now looking to privatize rescue services for its missions, seeking alternatives that are more cost-effective and flexible than the Department of Defense. The military has provided these ...

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) after six months on China's space station. The crew’s landing module came down slowly after separating from the return ...