Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...

Writer-director Hideo Kojima has a bold idea for what he wants to do next, and that is to be the first person ever to make a ...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to enter space more than 62 years ago. It was a massive propeller for technology we depend on today. The race into spa ce was intense between the US and ...

Three people launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) today (Sept. 11) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, pushing the total number of people in Earth orbit to a new high-water mark.

As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd. The ...

He was 18 years, 11 months old at the time, making him the youngest person in space up to that point. The Dutch teen’s father won the ride through an auction and gave the seat to Oliver.

Wang and three other crewmates are the first people to fly over Earth's poles in space. With him in a small Dragon capsule are Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogge, and Eric Philips.

Paralympian turned astronaut John McFall could soon be the first disabled person to go to space – and he credits the Paralympics with helping to challenge preconceptions of what disabled people ...