Adrianos Golemis, a doctor for the European Space Agency, has become the first Greek to pass the organization's test to ...

In just days, a group of astronauts — three Americans and one Canadian — is slated to fly roughly 5,000 miles past the far side of the moon, the farthest humans have ever traveled in space.

The astronauts, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni, will conduct 14 pioneering scientific research experiments in the microgravity environment including three educational awareness experiments during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronauts prepare to leave the International Space Station. NASA via AP When landing on the surface of the Moon, astronauts can ...

If you have a taste for adventure to go where few have gone before, then you might want to sign up to be a NASA astronaut. On Dec. 14, for the first time in four years, NASA began accepting ...

With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program Australia’s first female astronaut, Katherine ...

Rosemary Coogan has gained her astronaut wings, graduating from space training as a new European Space Agency (Esa) astronaut. After completing one year of rigorous basic astronaut training, Ms Coogan ...

NASA likens its newest astronaut class to a platypus to highlight unique traits. The name origin and characteristics reflect ...