A Duke University graduate is an astronaut candidate with NASA. Anna Menon has previously been on a mission with Space X, and now she's in the middle of a two-year training program to prepare her for ...

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...

Rebecca Lawler used to be a hurricane hunter, flying directly into storms to collect crucial data. Imelda Muller was an undersea medical officer, staying at dangerous depths in hyperbaric chambers for ...

As NASA sets its sights on the moon and Mars, the agency has taken a significant step forward by selecting 10 new astronauts. This new class of astronauts is a testament to NASA’s commitment to ...

Cameron Jones still remembers exactly where he was when NASA called. Jones, who considers Savanna, Illinois, his hometown, was sitting on the floor of his kitchen with his wife and young daughter when ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

NASA asked James W. Head III to work with the 18 astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.