NASA has received its first astronaut candidate resignation since 1968, the space agency confirmed in a statement today. The decision was made by 2017 NASA astronaut candidate Robb Kulin who will be ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, a tumultuous year of assassinations, riots and war drew to a close in heroic and hopeful fashion with the three Apollo 8 astronauts reading ...

On Dec. 27, 1968, two days after Christmas in one of the USA's worst years on record, the astronauts aboard Apollo 8 returned home after almost a week in space. The NASA mission crewed by astronauts ...

And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you — all of you on the good Earth. – Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman, Christmas Eve,1968 ...

An astronaut candidate for NASA plans to resign Friday, making him the first candidate to resign from the space agency in 50 years, the Houston Chronicle reports. Robb Kulin, a 2017 astronaut ...

This print is of NASA Image #S-68-56050. "On December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. EST with Frank Borman in command. His crew became the first humans to ride the ...

A superb printing with vivid colors of the iconic first color photograph of the first Earthrise ever witnessed by human beings. William Anders took this historic photograph of the Earth (240,000 ...

Splashdown is set for early Sunday, May 2. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's first long-duration ...

Crew-1, which launched to the space station in November, left the space station in the capsule called Resilience. By Kenneth Chang In darkness, four astronauts splashed down early Sunday morning in ...

After being one of 12 people selected among 18,300 applicants, one of NASA's astronaut candidates has resigned from the program for the first time in 50 years. The U.S. space agency confirmed ...