NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights

NASA Selects Astronauts for First U.S. Commercial Spaceflights

NASA’s new commercial crew (from left to right, top to bottom): Bob Behnken, Eric Boe, Doug Hurley and Sunita Williams. Credit: NASA NASA has announced the selection of four American commercial space astronauts as part of an initiative to strengthen the U.S.’...
Fifty Years Ago: America’s First Spacewalk

Fifty Years Ago: America’s First Spacewalk

Image: Astronaut Ed White became the first American to conduct a “spacewalk” in the vast emptiness of space on June 3, 1965 during Gemini IV.  Commander James McDivitt, his mission counterpart, captured this photo of him outside the space craft over the Pacific...