How does the Russian Federation help African countries in developing their space programs and what kind of competition does ...

The selection of the first group of foreign astronauts for the China's manned spaceflight program was completed with two ...

A distinctive and challenging aspect of astronaut training is that astronauts must be fully functional crew members on their first flight, unlike the case in other safety-critical domains that have ...

As NASA sets its sights on the moon and Mars, the agency has taken a significant step forward by selecting 10 new astronauts. This new class of astronauts is a testament to NASA’s commitment to ...

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...

The four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission that launched April 1 are well equipped to document their journey around the moon because of training from RIT alumni. Katrina Willoughby ’04 and Paul ...

Astronauts typically do nine spacewalks during initial training and another nine after they're assigned a mission. This was Hague's sixth of the final nine. "The aim is to constantly learn, improve, ...

Did you know that training for a spacewalk requires a 6.5 million gallon swimming pool, a team of divers, and a mock-up of the International Space Station? Astronauts have to train for a variety of ...

Credit: Axiom Space SYDNEY—Axiom Space has unveiled a pilot program to provide personalized training for prospective human spaceflight participants interested in conducting microgravity research. Its ...