Astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return home on SpaceX soon after their replacements arrive at the space station next week.

Since the astronauts arrived at the space station in June, Boeing and NASA have been investigating issues on the Starliner spacecraft, including helium leaks and faulty thrusters.

Since the dawn of human spaceflight more than 60 years ago, around 680 people have been to space. Only about 70 have been American women astronauts.

Astronauts will have to wait until next year before flying to the moon and another few years before landing on it.

The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon next year have gotten their first look at their spacecraft.

NASA’s next generation of moon astronauts will have a new ride to the launchpad.

SpaceX bumped the departure to Monday afternoon, with a nighttime return.

Middle school students at Faith Christian Academy in Orlando had an out-of-this-world experience — the chance to talk with an astronaut on the…

Peggy Whitson smashed multiple records after spending a total of 665 days in orbit over the course of her career.

After a career as a Marine pilot, Glenn was chosen as an astronaut. He was the third American in space, went on to have a successful career in politics and then returned to space on shuttle Discovery.

Retired Astronaut Ron Garan tells WUSF's Robin Sussingham in this interview, "we need to find the low-hanging fruit" of international cooperation. He is…

When Leland Melvin pulled his hamstring during practice with the Dallas Cowboys, his NFL career was over. So he did the next logical thing: He joined NASA and became an astronaut.