Shortly after 9 AM on May 5, 1961, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. became the second person—and the first American—in space, rocketing to a height of 116.5 miles inside his Mercury capsule. Unlike Soviet ...

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 ...

Wesley’s pastor father, who migrated from Louisiana after World War II in search of more opportunities than those readily available to Black people in the Deep South, “always had an impeccable sense ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla suited up for his maiden mission to Space Station as the Axiom-4 crew completed their training with SpaceX in California. Shukla tested and trained in the mock ...

“My dream was to fly in space before I die,” Tito told Space.com. “And I basically came up with that lifelong goal around the time of Yuri Gagarin’s flight.” By early 2000, Tito had decided it was ...

She then invited two fans onstage who were outfitted in blue space suits — a clear nod to her recent Blue Origin flight to space. MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - APRIL 23: Katy Perry takes a selfie with ...

The high-profile crew - Lauren Sanchez, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and King herself - will be swapping space suits for concert attire as they take their newfound ...

At some points, she even flew in the air and took selfies with men dressed in blue NASA space suits. Perry, 40, also addressed her critics directly, asking the audience, “Has anyone ever called your ...

Perry may have taken inspiration from her Blue Origin space suit for a third look: a cyborg-esque dark blue metallic suit of armor. The robotic design features metal legs, heart-shaped bottoms ...

At some points, she even flew in the air and took selfies with men dressed in blue NASA space suits. Perry, 40, also addressed her critics directly, asking the audience, “Has anyone ever called ...