Astronaut candidates also must pass a long-duration physical. Generally, astronaut candidates greatly exceed these requirements and have substantial experience in isolated, confined environments ...

and now a job opening at NASA could make that dream a reality for astronaut candidates, though applicants will have to meet some qualifications before they get close to training. The job is open ...

Glenn, M. Scott Carpenter, and L. Gordon Cooper. Credit: NASA For the first round of astronauts in 1959, candidates could be no more than 5 feet and 11 inches tall because of the limited amount of ...

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers recently spoke to PEOPLE while stationed aboard the International Space ...

Recently, I applied to become an astronaut. I would like to be able to say that there is a non-zero chance I will be accepted, but sub-zero is more like it. Not a whole lot of people who can ...

Ed Dwight, a 90-year-old artist and former Air Force test pilot who was denied a chance to become the first African American astronaut six decades ago, finally rocketed into space on Sunday ...

VAN HORN, Texas — Ed Dwight, America’s first black astronaut candidate, finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Dwight was an Air Force ...

Ed Dwight, America's first Black astronaut candidate, finally flew into space 60 years later with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin. Dwight, an Air Force pilot, was championed by President ...

VAN HORN, Texas — America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally rocketed into space 60 years later, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company on Sunday. Ed Dwight was an Air Force pilot ...