The Latest Breaking News from Alan Shepard

Learn about Blue Origin's rocket naming tradition honoring NASA astronauts like John Glenn and Alan Shepard.

John Glenn's last correspondence before his death was to approve the use of his name for Blue Origin's first orbital-class rocket. Glenn hailed the booster for what it could enable for spaceflight.

As a NASA photographer, Taub was there to capture the start of the U.S. space program. A new book reveals Taub's role 'Photographing America's First Astronauts.'

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

Space Dodgeball, anyone?

I love a good space launch, and I have been eagerly awaiting NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket to take off as the first part of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Mission to put U.S. astronauts back on the Moon. But this launch has already been pushed back four times this…

NASA is prepping to send humans back to the Moon as soon as 2026. But Americans remain deeply divided on whether the agency would be better using its money on other endeavors.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kennedy Space Center will be juggling rockets and spacecraft in the next month that will herald a couple of new eras in space travel.

Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.