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4 astronauts splash down 5 months after rocketing to space station to rescue stranded pilots
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab, ...
Woodland Park HS graduate and NASA astronaut lands after 5 months on ISS
According to NASA, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully splashed down in the ocean at 9:33 a.m. off the California coast ...
Astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin: Look back at their friendship in tweets, photos
Legendary astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell, globally known for their history-making Apollo missions, enjoyed a ...
Butch Wilmore of 'stuck' Boeing Starliner crew retires from NASA after troubled mission
Astronaut Butch Wilmore's venture to space aboard the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft appears to be his last – at least ...
NASA Told to Overhaul Its Plans to Replace the International Space Station
A new Trump administration directive seeks to radically change NASA's vision for a continued astronaut presence in low Earth ...
Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time
The four crewmembers of NASA's Artemis 2 mission donned their launch suits to conduct their first suited crew test together ...
Claim that NASA astronauts get $66K starting salary doesn't add up
The figure was from 2019, and was a minimum as opposed to the starting salary. By 2025, NASA astronauts had starting salaries ...
Tennessee native, NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore retires after 25 years, three space trips
Wilmore has spent 25 years with NASA after serving in the U.S. Navy.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your ...