On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch Complex 5 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [...] ...

U of A graduate Michael Wood served as Boeing's chief engineer for the program, leading the engineering team through design, qualification and build of the core stage. A rocket incorporating that ...

They didn't get a parade, but they're certainly being paraded on the big networks.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the moon Thursday night, breaking free of the chains that have trapped humanity in shallow laps around Earth ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity's first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA's push ...

NASA astronaut Chris Williams captured a rare fireball from the International Space Station, likely caused by the reentry of a rocket's upper stage from the Progress MS-34 mission. Viewed from the ...

NASA and SpaceX have named the four astronauts for the Crew-13 mission, targeted to launch in September to the International ...

A NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station captures a bright fireball, likely caused by reentering rocket debris ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis II astronauts fired their engines and blazed toward the ...

NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have fired their engines and are blazing toward the moon. The so-called translunar ignition came 25 hours after liftoff, putting the three Americans and one Canadian on ...