Ed Dwight Was to Be the First Black Astronaut. At 90, He's Finally Getting His Due. It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space.
Guardian Officer Set to Be First in Space Force History to Launch into Space Col. Nick Hague, a U.S. Space Force officer, is set to launch into space on a NASA mission to the International Space Station...
Japan Hopes to Join an Elite Club by Landing on the Moon: A Closer Look Japan hopes to make the world's first “pinpoint landing” on the moon early Saturday, joining a modern push for lunar contact...
NASA Eyes Billion-Dollar Space Vehicle to Avert International Space Station's Uncontrolled Reentry Companies have until March 4 to propose their plans for what NASA is calling the United States Deorbit Vehicle to try to...
More Delays for NASA's Astronaut Moonshots, with Crew Landing off Until 2026 Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and at least two years before landing on it.
US Company Says Its Moon Landing Attempt Is in Jeopardy Because of an Engine Problem The problem arose about seven hours after Monday's predawn liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Two Companies Will Attempt the First US Moon Landings Since the Apollo Missions a Half-Century Ago Two private companies are aiming to get the U.S. back in the moon-landing business, more than five decades after the Apollo...
Biden Hosts Four NASA Astronauts, the First Crew Aiming to Fly Around the Moon in a Half-Century The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden at the White...
Ken Mattingly, Astronaut Who Helped Apollo 13 Crew Return Safely Home, Dies at Age 87 A former Navy pilot, Ken Mattingly joined NASA in 1966.
NASA Shows Off Its First Asteroid Samples Delivered by a Spacecraft Scientists anticipated getting a cupful but are still unsure how much was grabbed from the carbon-rich asteroid named Bennu.
Jury Finds Air Force General Not Guilty of Sexual Assault, But Lesser Charges Lead to Loss of Pay, Reprimand A military judge sentenced Stewart to a formal reprimand, restriction to Joint Base San Antonio for two months and forfeiture...
Retired Marine Major General Found Dead at Twentynine Palms; Investigation Ongoing Retired Maj. Gen. William Mullen, 59, a former Marine Corps officer with multiple deployments to Iraq, was found on the...
Express Scripts' Tricare Pharmacy Contract Could Be Costing Military Families Money, Lawmakers Warn A bipartisan group of senators and representatives say the company that manages the Defense Department's prescription drug...
Mom Breaches Space Force Base with 4-Year-Old, Flees in Stolen Car, Florida Officials Say Krishna Jade Janosky allegedly broke into Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, damaging the base’s flightline gate in...
Maintaining a Defiant Tone, Texas Congressman Takes Off Revoked Combat Infantryman Badge Rep. Troy Nehls removed the Combat Infantryman Badge from his lapel more than a month after it was revealed the Army revoked...