NASA has awarded Vast the contract to fly the sixth Private Astronaut Mission to the International Space Station, a deal that positions the relatively young company alongside Axiom Space as one of only two firms trusted to send private crews to the orbiting laboratory.

NASA and Vast have signed an order for the sixth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

The four Crew-12 astronauts brought the International Space Station’s staff back to seven after a month of operating with three people on board.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he expects to provide details about several agency priorities in the coming weeks.

More than 50 years since the end of NASA’s Apollo program, moon missions are about to start up again. As early as March, Artemis II is expected to take four astronauts to orbit the moon in preparation for a moon landing to come.

A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House before being sent to the Senate,

NASA astronauts are now testing a new generation of lunar spacesuits underwater, part of the agency’s long-term preparations for the first Artemis moonwalks in more than 50 years. The underwater sessions, used to rehearse real lunar activities, are one ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. In 1957, the beeps from Sputnik, a small Russian satellite, sent the Cold War between the Soviet Union and United States… On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became ...

NearSpace Education (NSE) has been awarded a NASA TEAM II STEM Innovator grant to erase the line between classroom