Astronauts Are Going Back to the Moon For The First Time in Half a Century

History recalls the names of Borman, Lovell, and Anders; of Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin; of Apollo 13’s Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise. It may soon recall, as ...

40 years after Challenger disaster, NASA faces safety fears on Artemis II

Forty years ago today, disaster struck NASA’s human spaceflight program when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds ...
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Artemis II quarantine turns astronaut health into a launch-critical system

The four people preparing to fly around the Moon on Artemis II are already living as if launch day has begun. Long before ...

NASA selects Sammamish's Lauren Edgar as 2025 astronaut candidate

After completing her two-year training program, Lauren Edgar will be eligible for mission assignments, which could potentially include trips to the ISS or the moon.

Ohio's Judith A. Resnik, Challenger astronaut, remembered as hero

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...

Why was an astronaut medically evacuated from ISS? What NASA is saying

For the 1st time in the history of the International Space Station, an astronaut experienced a health issue that required ...

Judy Resnik remembered: 40 years after Challenger disaster, Akron astronaut's legacy endures

The Akron native was among seven astronauts lost in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Decades later, her ...
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Joyous anticipation to tragedy: KC-area astronaut, teacher reflect on 40th anniversary of Challenger disaster

Steve Hawley, who flew five Space Shuttle missions, and Krista Schaffer, a first-grade teacher at Christa McAuliffe ...