Beverly Sussman was an award-winning middle school science teacher in Buffalo Grove for 25 years before beginning a second ...

The moment she became a household name should have been in 2006, when she blasted into space aboard a NASA shuttle. It was a ...

NASA’s new administrator has floated a striking compromise in a long running fight over where the retired shuttle Discovery ...

NASA’s long-promised space plane is finally on the cusp of leaving the runway behind and heading for orbit, a decade after ...

"It’s amazing to think that this thing I have been working on in various capacities for the last eight years is about to send ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cristina Costantini, director of the new documentary, Sally, about the life of astronaut Sally Ride.

With space tourism set for liftoff, space medicine is about to become a crucial specialty. And this place is becoming a hub ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman recently signaled that the idea to relocate Discovery to Texas faces serious financial and ...

While 2025 saw a record number of launches —including crewed exploration, science missions, and even an historic first ...

Bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen opened up about struggling with her mental health after she, along with other women, travelled to the suborbital space.

Which is why it’s fortunate there’s another orbit, even closer to Earth, that promises to help alleviate the crowding. It’s ...

The creator of the futuristic Orion capsule, the only spacecraft capable of speeding aeronauts to the Moon, is set to begin ...