The spaceflights are ones billionaire Jeff Bezos's space technology company has been offering since 2021. This time, six ...

It’s been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S.

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

On National Astronaut Day, a day dedicated to celebrating America’s space icons, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense ...

The recent all-women spaceflight carried out on Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin vehicle has raised discussion of who gets to be ...

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

CBS host Gayle King defended her 10-minute space flight aboard the Blue Origin rocket on Monday, telling critics there was ...

Astronauts are helping to destigmatize a childhood experience by pointing out the similarities between what some kids wear to ...