On June 18, 1983, NASA astronaut Sally Ride became America's first woman in space after she and four colleagues blasted off ...

As NASA fought to catch up to the Soviet Union in the space race, they selected a Navy veteran as the first astronaut. But what happened once Alan Shepard stepped into the space capsule? Alan Shepard ...

Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth in February 1962 in the Friendship 7 mission. He would later fly on the Space Shuttle STS-95 mission in October 1998. He is the oldest person to venture ...

The Artemis capsule is expected to splashdown on Friday. Saturday, April 12, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event ...

NASA's Artemis moon program differs from Apollo in many ways, including the attitudes of its astronauts.