European Space Agency Adds 5 New Astronauts in Only Fourth Class since 1978. Over 20,000 Applied For the past year, five fit, academically superior men and women have been spun in centrifuges, submerged for hours, deprived...
Russia's Space Agency Aborts Launch of 3 Astronauts to the International Space Station; All Are Safe Russia aborted the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station moments before they were scheduled to lift...
Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10 and Air Force General, Has Died at Age 93 Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet...
4 New Astronauts Head to the International Space Station for a 6-Month Stay SpaceX’s Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette...
Ed Dwight Was to Be the First Black Astronaut. At 90, He's Finally Getting His Due. It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space.
Biden Hosts Four NASA Astronauts, the First Crew Aiming to Fly Around the Moon in a Half-Century The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden at the White...
This Former Marine Cobra Pilot Saw Combat in Afghanistan. Now, She’s Commanding Her First Space Mission Marine Lt. Col. Jasmin “Jaws” Moghbeli is about to go where very few helicopter pilots have gone before.
Famous Veteran: Eileen Collins Air Force veteran Eileen Collins was inspired as a child by the Mercury astronauts, and by the time she was in high school...
Air Force Col. Michael Collins An Army brat, future astronaut Michael Collins graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1952 with an Air Force commission.
China Set to Send 3 Astronauts on Longest Crewed Mission Yet It will be China's longest crewed space mission and set a record for the most time spent in space by Chinese astronauts.
Army Secretary Fires 4-Star General Who Meddled in Promotion of Unfit Subordinate Army Secretary Christine Wormuth -- in a dramatic and rare move -- on Tuesday fired one of the service's top generals...
Compromise Defense Bill Would Give Junior Troops 14.5% Pay Raise in 2025 Junior enlisted service members will get a 14.5% pay raise next year under a compromise defense bill expected to pass...
Military Leaders Are Rattled by a List of 'Woke' Officers That a Group Urges Hegseth to Fire The list compiled by the American Accountability Foundation includes 20 general officers or senior admirals and a...
'We Saw the Opportunity': Pentagon Says Syria Strikes Were Possible After Assad and Russia Left Pentagon officials say that the massive strikes against more than 75 Islamic State terrorist group targets in Syria over the...
Air National Guard Units Set to Transfer to Space Force Under Defense Bill Despite States' Opposition Nearly 600 Air National Guardsmen who focus on space missions would be transferred to the Space Force against the wishes of...