An artificial Martian environment is tucked deep within the sprawling campus of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. And in two months, it will shelter four people for a 378-day mission that ...

HOUSTON—Scott Tingle has been named NASA’s new chief astronaut, succeeding Joe Acaba, who had served in the position at ...

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HAMPTON, Virginia -- Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film "Hidden Figures ...

In 2010, NASA retired four space shuttles, sending them across the United States as a historical reminder of the nation's space history. But none remain in Houston, where NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

A study conducted by career.io surveyed 3,002 job seekers asking them to name the coolest positions in every state in the US. In Texas, a flight director at NASA's Johnson Space Center was voted as ...

LOS ANGELES - Need a new job? NASA is accepting applications for astronauts. On Tuesday, the agency congratulated its most recent class of Artemis astronauts who graduated in a ceremony at the NASA ...

A NASA engineer who appeared in a viral music video parody for Houston's Johnson Space Center has been arrested in Texas after allegedly sexually assaulting two women he met on dating apps. Eric Sim, ...

Skywatchers and stargazers might see something new among the stars, planets and galaxies. Two NASA astronauts, Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara, were conducting the first all-female spacewalk outside ...

As NASA prepares for crewed Artemis missions, its astronauts are learning to use a new generation of spacesuits: the Axiom ...