On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. Ahead of Glenn's spaceflight, Panorama was in Cocoa Beach, to gauge the ...

Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions ...

The Pritchard House, a beautifully preserved Victorian home built in 1891, offers a glimpse into the life of a prominent Titusville family during Florida’s Gilded Age. The house has been meticulously ...

This charming Space Coast gem sits on the Indian River Lagoon, directly across from Kennedy Space Center, offering a front-row seat to rocket launches while maintaining the laid-back vibe of a town ...

Three new crewmates brings Expedition 73 to briefly include 10 members.

The new space station crew includes American Chris Williams, who holds a Ph.D. in astronomy and is a board-certified medical ...

As the Soviet Union put the first man in space in April of 1961, the Americans were already preparing a similar mission. Project Mercury's objective was to launch an American astronaut into orbit and ...

There's some spaceflight action on tap on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), but you'll have to get up pretty early to catch it. A Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch from the Russian-run Baikonur Cosmodrome ...

Astronauts could soon be able to move more freely thanks to a soft robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the University of Bristol. Not only does the technology have extraterrestrial benefits, ...

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned from their nation’s space station Friday after more than a week’s delay because the return capsule they had planned to use was damaged, likely from ...

From muscle atrophy to bone loss, astronauts face a number of health risks while in space. It's easy to understand why. The human body relies on Earth's gravity to work out muscles and support other ...