Dr. Bernard Harris is a medical doctor, astronaut, and venture capitalist. In 1995, he became the first African American to do a space walk. He attributes his success to education, and his foundation ...

Kathryn Sullivan said spacesuits for a women were a problem in the 1980s. For the first time in U.S. history, an all-woman team of astronauts — Anne McClain and Christina Koch — were scheduled to step ...

Tim Peake is the first Briton to do a space walk. Astronauts Timothy Kopra and Timothy Peake at the International Space Station were scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:48am on Jan. 15, 2016.

From Neil Armstrong to an all UM crew on an Apollo mission, the University of Michigan and Purdue University both featured large in the advent of space travel.

Anca Faur has died at 66. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin married the chemical engineer Jan. 20, 2023, his 93rd birthday.

NASA announced its first class of astronauts in four years who could potentially be eligible for missions to the moon and Mars — one of whom is from Indiana. During a Sept. 22 ceremony at the Johnson ...

Astronaut and Needham, Massachusetts native Suni Williams visited WBZ-TV Friday, where she spoke with meteorologist Jacob Wycoff about growing up in Needham, her extended time in space and what she ...

A three-person Chinese crew, including the country’s youngest astronaut to date, docked with the Tiangong space station early Saturday, accompanied by four laboratory mice.China’s ...

China sent three astronauts to Tiangong space station for China's Shenzhou program. The Shenzhou 21 mission launched from the ...

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Bernard Harris, author of "Embracing Infinite Possibilities: Letting Go Of Fear To Reach Your Highest Potential". It has been edited for ...