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 ...

NASA’s Pathways program provides students and early career professionals with structured work and training experiences that prepare them for technical roles within the agency. At Kennedy Space Center, ...

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 ...

Three Emirati engineering students are to undergo training at NASA's Ames Research Center in California. The training is the result of a partnership between America’s National Aeronautics and Space ...

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 ...

The timing of the training makes sense as the astronauts' bodies are still adjusting to Earth's gravity, their muscles and ...

A distinctive and challenging aspect of astronaut training is that astronauts must be fully functional crew members on their first flight, unlike the case in other safety-critical domains that have ...