NASA gets all the attention, but these 7 lesser-known US space missions quietly pushed boundaries and helped shape the future ...

A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian ...

"This opportunity for the U.S. Air Force not only helps to advance space logistics, it also demonstrates a high degree of ...

Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space science.

It's been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S. space program today?

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space science.

On April 14, pop star Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn set off for space in the New Shepard capsule ... space as she boarded ...

But a spacecraft may only fly once. Even the longest-serving spacecraft, the space shuttle Discovery, completed only a few dozen flights, each requiring months of extensive testing and replacement ...

On April 14, Perry – who took the 11-minute trip on the Blue Origin New Shepard mission ... film producer Kerianne Flynn, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and civil rights activist and research ...

A car may drive for 15-20 years before needing replacement, while a passenger jet may fly for up to 40. A spacecraft may only fly once. Even the longest-serving spacecraft, the space shuttle Discovery ...

Winfrey shed a few tears as she watched King blast off into space with an all-female crew on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on April 14 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.