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Meet Four Women Astronauts From Across NASA’s History

She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...

NASA reveals how astronauts manage periods in space and why it matters for Moon and Mars missions

Space agencies are now focusing on menstrual care for astronauts. Longer missions to the Moon and Mars require sustainable ...

Exclusive: See the Starlab space station mockup astronauts will test at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

Houston-based Starlab Space recently completed a space station mockup at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Astronauts will test its design and use it for training.

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

NASA begins moon mission plume-surface interaction tests

In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace ...

CU instruments to be deployed by astronauts on the moon

NASA announced that it will be sending instruments built by researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics ...

Here's what NASA astronauts are eating on Thanksgiving aboard the ISS

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on Thanksgiving to the ISS on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur ...

NASA astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving with Russian cranberry sauce

NASA has made sure that the International Space Station is well stocked for a Thanksgiving meal full of treats. Here's what's ...