For the photographers honored at the 2025 Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, the universe is their muse. From our fiery sun to dazzling aurorae, and a sparkling Milky Way to captivating ...

Space Selfies & DJing A Party From Orbit – How Astronaut Luca Parmitano Brought Space To Earth To mark 50 years of the European Space Agency, we spoke with one of its brilliant astronauts!

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the space station.

Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission is on its way to dock with the ISS, following a successful but delayed launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

A Brazilian social media star is facing backlash from NASA after she claimed she was selected as a future astronaut for private missions to the moon and Mars.

Peggy Whitson couldn't make it to her induction ceremony for the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame alongside fellow inductee Bernard Harris. She's in quarantine to go to space for a fifth time.

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31.

On National Astronaut Day, a day dedicated to celebrating America’s space icons, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command team members honor the ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American to go into space.

Some dictionary definitions simply define an astronaut as a person trained to go into space or, as mentioned, a person who has flown in space.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return to Earth after more than 200 days in space Astronaut Don Pettit, who has been at the International Space Station since September, is set to land Saturday in ...

She tried going to space in 2011 and has been fascinated with astronomy and everything extraterrestrial for years. But is Katy Perry now an astronaut?