India’s Gaganyaan mission trains astronauts for its first human spaceflight using zero-G flights on Airbus A330 and IL-76, preparing them for weightlessness, survival, and space mission challenges.

Ever wonder what it’s like to live in space? Step inside Mission: Astronaut, now open at Orlando Science Center, and ...

Five women and three men from seven European countries are part of the European Space Agency's astronaut reserve pool. Here they practice a water rescue off Germany's Baltic coast. Jens Büttner/dpa ...

As we prepare for missions beyond Earth orbit, one crucial challenge remains: keeping astronauts healthy in microgravity. Without daily exercise, their muscles, bones and cardiovascular systems weaken ...

NASA likens its newest astronaut class to a platypus to highlight unique traits. The name origin and characteristics reflect ...

The Zero-G exercises are part of a broader training programme led by the Indian Space Research Organisation, aimed at ...

Twenty-eight participants recently completed the country's first cave-survival training for astronauts, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The nearly monthlong training, organized in ...

ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CAVES mimics elements of spaceflight to ...

San Antonio’s Eileen Collins, the subject of the new documentary Spacewoman, was in fourth grade when she read a Junior ...

In May 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked by NASA to address several questions related to the Astronaut Corps. The NRC’s Committee on Human Spaceflight Crew Operations was tasked to ...