Experts point to a lack of real-world exposure to STEM concepts and careers as a reason for that slide in interest. Several ...

Training is underway for NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. The nearly two-year long process began this past September for the four men and six women of ...

Dr. Lauren Edgar has already had a remarkable career. She spent 17 years working with the Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Exploration Rovers.

With the help of a Maryland radio station and NASA, about 20 kids were able to talk to astronauts on the International Space Station in real time.

When NASA astronauts train for moonwalks, they don't start on the lunar surface — they often begin underwater. For decades, NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) has been the premier training ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The students at McCool Academy are preparing for takeoff. Sixth through eighth graders are learning critical thinking skills, the power of collaboration and much more.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Raedle/Getty Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 5, 2024 in Cape ...

NASA astronauts talk about returning to the lunar surface not as a nostalgic repeat of Apollo, but as a strategic necessity. They argue that the Moon is the only nearby world where humans have already ...

You may have heard of Black astronauts like Mae Jemison, Charles Bolden or Victor Glover, but do you know about the first African-American astronauts or what they contributed to NASA’s space ...