If you’re anything like us sci-fi geeks, you probably spent your childhood dreaming of becoming an astronaut when you grew up. And maybe you still kind of hope to turn that dream into reality someday.

A major update on "medical event" aboard NASA's International Space Station (ISS) in January came on Wednesday as veteran NASA astronaut, Mike Fincke, identified himself as the staff member who ...

Various astronauts have already set foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong steps into history July 20, 1969 by leaving the first human footprint on the surface of the moon. The 30th anniversary of the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Bedford, Indiana, native and former astronaut has some fascinating facts to share about the total solar eclipse. Charlie Walker graduated from Purdue before working as an ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico played a major role in how the first astronauts came to be in the United States. NASA chose Dr. William Randolph Lovelace II to design and conducts tests for potential ...

As a child, Kalpana Chawla was fascinated by aircraft. When she grew up, Kalpana Chawla fulfilled her desire to be an astronaut and became the first Indian woman to go to space. On her birth ...

NASA entered a new chapter in its prestigious history of space exploration when the shuttle was retired in 2011 after 30 years. The space agency relied on Russia to get U.S. cargo and astronauts to ...

A highly experienced former NASA astronaut will command the first all-European private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled for liftoff during Wednesday rush hour.