Mar 05 Hundreds of miles above Earth, 2 astronauts cast their votes By Associated Press Astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara confirmed they had cast their celestial ballots in posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Being in space didn’t stop (O’Hara) and I from voting. Go vote today!” Moghbeli wrote. Continue reading
Feb 09 Ed Dwight was supposed to be the 1st Black astronaut. At 90, he's finally getting his due By Jake Coyle, Associated Press An accomplished Air Force pilot, Ed Dwight was groomed by John F. Kennedy's White House to be the first Black astronaut. But in training, he faced discrimination that detoured his path. Now 90, Dwight is widely celebrated as a pioneer… Continue reading
Jan 09 First human moon landing in over 50 years delayed to 2026 By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The news came barely an hour after a U.S. company abandoned its own attempt to land on the moon because of a fuel leak. Continue reading
Dec 21 International astronaut to join future NASA moon landing mission By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA has included international astronauts on trips to space for decades. A Canadian has been selected to fly around the moon a year or so from now with three U.S. astronauts. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 2:12 News Wrap: Luis Rubiales suspended as FIFA investigates his World Cup conduct In our news wrap Saturday, FIFA suspended Spain’s soccer federation head Luis Rubiales for 90 days while it investigates his conduct at the Women’s World Cup final, a new crew of astronauts launched for the International Space Station, thousands gathered… Continue watching
Aug 26 New International Space Station crew launches with 4 astronauts from 4 countries By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. They should reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March. Continue reading
May 21 SpaceX launches private flight carrying Saudi Arabia's 1st woman astronaut to ISS By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades, including the first Saudi female astronaut, rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar SpaceX flight Sunday. Continue reading
Apr 04 Meet the 4 astronauts who will fly around the moon during NASA's Artemis II mission By Wendy Whitman Cobb, The Conversation The Artemis II mission is scheduled for launch in late 2024 and is a critical step towards NASA’s goals of establishing a permanent human presence on and near the moon. Continue reading
Mar 31 WATCH: Artemis II astronauts announced by NASA, Canadian Space Agency By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission. Continue reading
Feb 28 China will soon train foreign astronauts for new space station By Associated Press China says it will soon begin training foreign astronauts for trips to its newly completed orbiting space station. Continue reading