Ed Dwight Was to Be the First Black Astronaut. At 90, He's Finally Getting His Due. It wasn’t until 1983 that the first African American, Guion Bluford, reached space.
Biden Hosts Four NASA Astronauts, the First Crew Aiming to Fly Around the Moon in a Half-Century The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon for the first time in 50 years met with President Joe Biden at the White...
China Sends Its Youngest-Ever Crew to Space as It Seeks to Put Astronauts on Moon Before 2030 China launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station on Thursday as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon...
This Former Marine Cobra Pilot Saw Combat in Afghanistan. Now, She’s Commanding Her First Space Mission Marine Lt. Col. Jasmin “Jaws” Moghbeli is about to go where very few helicopter pilots have gone before.
Famous Veteran: Eileen Collins Air Force veteran Eileen Collins was inspired as a child by the Mercury astronauts, and by the time she was in high school...
Air Force Col. Michael Collins An Army brat, future astronaut Michael Collins graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1952 with an Air Force commission.
China Set to Send 3 Astronauts on Longest Crewed Mission Yet It will be China's longest crewed space mission and set a record for the most time spent in space by Chinese astronauts.
Take 2: Spacewalking Astronauts Install New Solar Panel Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels.
Chinese Crew Enters New Space Station on 3-Month Mission A Chinese spaceship carrying a three-person crew has docked with China's new space station at the start of a three-month...
Army Astronaut Demonstrates 'Weightless' ACFT at International Space Station What would the ACFT be like if conducted in outer space? Wonder no longer.
Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...
Vets with Rare Lung Disease Could Get Benefits More Easily Under Proposed Changes, VA Says The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to remove the specific challenges veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis...
US Aircraft Carrier in the Middle East Is Heading Home The Pentagon's rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished...
Edwards Air Force Base Set to Get Service's First Commercial On-Base Apartment Complex The base, home to the 412th Test Wing, has faced housing issues for its more than 10,000 military and civilian personnel...
New CIA Workplace Assault Case Emerges as Spy Agency Shields Extent of Sexual Misconduct in Ranks A recent 648-page internal watchdog report that found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of complaints was...