Air Force Colonel-Turned-Astronaut Details His Time in Space Fischer was selected in 2009 as part of NASA's 20th astronaut class, and completed astronaut candidate training in July 2011.
1st Untethered Spacewalker Was Son, Grandson of MoH Recipients The first astronaut to take an untethered "spacewalk" died last week at age 80.
Trump Picks Former NASA Chief to Head New Pentagon Tech Office Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has been nominated to head a new Pentagon technology office.
Air Force Colonel-Turned-Astronaut Details Space Mission Col. Jack Fischer, selected in 2009 as an astronaut, recently returned from a mission on board the International Space...
Russia Suggests Trampolines to Launch Astronauts A Russian official is suggesting that American astronauts get to the International Space Station by using trampolines instead...
Anchorage Completes NASA Orion Mission USS Anchorage successfully completed recovery operations of the NASA Orion crew module, forward bay cover, and parachutes...
NASA Turns to Navy and Marine Corps for a Few Good Astronauts NASA is recruiting service members from the Navy and Marine Corps who have the "right stuff" to become astronauts.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Coast Guard Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Coast Guard ranks from seaman to admiral. Learn about the rank structure, pay grades, insignia, and promotion...
Prosecutors Seek to Have Ex-Green Beret Accused of Failed Venezuelan Plot Back in Custody Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the release of a former Green Beret who is accused of planning a failed...
Battle Of The Bulge Veteran Celebrates 101st Birthday With Dream Flight So, when the World War II veteran, Battle of the Bulge soldier and guard at the Nuremberg Trials, had an opportunity to fly...
Did Sherrill Violate Naval Academy’s Honor Code? Classmates Speak out About Notorious Cheating Scandal Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democratic congresswoman running for governor, says she did not cheat but was penalized because...
