When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Though she is never named and is wearing a costume spacesuit, former NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg ...

The Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, crew will launch aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and travel to the space station. Once docked, the private astronauts plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbiting ...

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that it will soon no longer give out commercial astronaut wings due to the rise in popularity of space tourism. Starting in 2022, people who reach ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Five years after the last NASA astronauts flew from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station, a new group is preparing for a trip, this time on a private spacecraft ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For now, just call them the Commercial Crew Cadre. The four NASA astronauts chosen to fly on the first test flights of commercial spacecraft said Friday they haven’t come ...

Retired astronaut Peggy Whitson, America's most experienced space flier, and three rookie crewmates from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off on a privately-financed flight to the International Space ...