Astronaut Sally Ride aboard Space Shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission in 1983, which made her the first American woman in space. (NASA) By Manuel Betancourt. June 16, 2025 3 AM PT . 8 ; ...

Pettit seen aboard the International Space Station in 2024. NASA / SWNS. Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998.

The mission will be led by Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut and the director of human spaceflight at Axiom. During her career at NASA, Whitson completed three long-duration space flights ...

When they needed a helping hand in orbit, astronauts could count on NASA’s reliable Robonaut. Diane Tedeschi Robonaut 1A was a test unit in the robotics lab at NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...

That was John Glenn, who was the first American astronaut to circle the Earth in 1962, and then flew again in 1998 on the space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77. Image Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ...

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31.

That was John Glenn, who was the first American astronaut to circle Earth in 1962, and then flew again in 1998 on space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77. Pettit is not even the oldest person to ...