The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned spaceflight to the moon, is one of the pivotal moments of modern American history. Nearly everyone knows the names of the first men on the moon: Neil Armstrong ...
It’s often said that “behind every great man there’s a great woman.” That was certainly true of Annie Glenn, who was behind her husband throughout his historic career as a NASA astronaut and as a ...
At 4:12 a.m. ET NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth after a record-breaking mission. She spent nearly 11 months in space – the longest a woman has ever been in space. Koch, along with ...
On October 18, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made history. The two NASA astronauts embarked on the first-ever all-female spacewalk. The spacewalk officially began when the batteries in their suits were activated at 7:38 a.m. ...
In a statement, NASA said that their Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered many new planets, including one that orbits a star within its habitable zone. “This is exciting, as this is TESS’s first discovery of ...