October 23, 2019 The 1st human on Mars may be a woman, NASA chief says When NASA sends humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century, one lucky astronaut will go down in history for becoming the first woman on the moon. Then it won't be long before we see the first woman on Mars, and she just might beat the first man there, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
October 21, 2019 NASA's Lucy mission to study the Trojan asteroids clears critical milestone NASA's Lucy mission, which is set to be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids, successfully completed its critical design review.
October 18, 2019 Trump calls to congratulate 'brilliant' NASA astronauts during their historic all-female spacewalk President Donald Trump called NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir during their historic first all-female spacewalk Friday.
October 18, 2019 NASA astronauts make history with first all-female spacewalk NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir have made history with the first all-female spacewalk.
October 15, 2019 Humans will never live on another planet, Nobel Laureate says. Here's why. Here's the reality: We're messing up the Earth and any far-out ideas of colonizing another orb when we're done with our own are wishful thinking. That's according to Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist who was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics this year for discovering the first planet orbiting a sun-like star outside of our solar system.
October 14, 2019 Space 'elevator' to the Moon could happen by the end of the century A "space elevator" to travel from the Earth to space may soon be a reality.
October 11, 2019 Purdue honors Apollo 11 with Moon-themed helmets for homecoming game To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Purdue football players will wear a moon-inspired helmet and commemorative astronaut-themed patch during Saturday’s homecoming game against Maryland.
October 11, 2019 Alexei Leonov, 1st human to walk in space, dies in Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — Alexei Leonov, the legendary Soviet cosmonaut who became the first human to walk in space 54 years ago — and who nearly didn't make it back into his space capsule — has died in Moscow at 85.
October 11, 2019 NASA to stop ‘hitching rides with Russia’ and vows 2020 ‘all-American’ manned flight Elon Musk says the first manned test of his Crew Dragon spacecraft will take place in early 2020.
October 11, 2019 NASA shows off new spacesuits as return to the Moon gets closer NASA is making preparations for sending humans back to the Moon by 2024 and in doing so, has shown off the latest spacesuits that astronauts will wear on their return trip.