NASA Picks 8 New Astronauts, 4 of Them Women

(CAPE CANAVERAL) — NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an...

Beijing, We Have a Space Program

China's latest launch of a three-person spacecraft shows the East moving well ahead of the once dominant West

So You Want to Go to Space: You’ll Need Medical Clearance First

Space tourism isn't on the list of family vacation destinations yet, but that doesn't mean doctors shouldn't be thinking about pre-flight medical checkups.

Don’t Sneeze in Space: When Astronauts Get Sick

Few people had a worse time in space than the crew of Apollo VII. It wasn’t just the 11 days they spent in orbit in 1968 test-driving the new — and decidedly...

Meet X1, the Exoskeletal Robot Suit that Could Make Astronauts Super-Strong

With X1, a robotic augmentation riff on NASA's space-faring Robonaut, it sounds like technology that was originally designed to help paraplegics walk could be...