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 ...

NASA likens its newest astronaut class to a platypus to highlight unique traits. The name origin and characteristics reflect their skills and diverse backgrounds in the program.

NASA announced 10 new astronaut candidates for its 24th Astronaut Candidate Class. The candidates were selected from a pool of over 8,000 applicants. The new class will undergo two years of training ...

HELSINKI — China’s astronaut corps has completed a near month-long underground cave training, conducted in part to prepare for future crewed lunar landing missions. A team of 28 astronauts ...

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 ...

Ryan Jeppesen attended level two of the Future Astronaut Training program in Kansas where he and others participated in a simulated space shuttle mission. Campers also took part in aviation training ...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. - Chelsea Kaufman, daughter of Rebecca and Dennis Kaufman of Racine, attended Level 1 of the Future Astronaut Training Program at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson ...

Mount Solo Middle School teacher Dena Enyeart didn't think she was cut out for astronaut training. Even roller coasters frighten her. But after some encouragement from fellow Longview middle school ...

The Polaris Program teamed up with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and El Sistema USA for what they call "the Harmony of Resilience" Polaris Program/X A SpaceX astronaut has helped take music to ...