Astronaut

Every time that space crews launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they literally follow in the footsteps of the first human in space – Yuri Gagarin.

Physicist Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and the first astronaut to come out as having a same-sex partner, will have her likeness on a stamp.

For the first time (officially), NASA will set loose some human sperm in outer space.

A space helmet "theater" showed me an astronaut's view of Earth.

The crew on board the International Space Station (ISS) will soon welcome a new member, described by its creators as "a kind of flying brain."

Researchers have shown that space travel puts a powerful, dangerous squeeze on the fragile tips of optic nerves.

John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who walked on the moon and flew on the first Gemini and space shuttle missions, has died. He was 87.

Astronauts who spend prolonged time in space experience noticeable changes to their brain's structure, a new study finds.

Some former astronauts have a message for flat-Earther B.o.B: The curve is real, and we've seen it.

Humans first journeyed into space in 1961, but even half a century later, questions remain about how spaceflight affects the human body.