Jay Tate is director at the Spaceguard Centre, a working observatory near Knighton, and the main source of information about near Earth objects in the UK.

But does she now count as an astronaut? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines astronaut as "a person whose profession is to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere." But on a different, broader ...

"The last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have 'demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is heading to space in late May aboard the Axiom-4 mission to carry out experiments at the International Space Station. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will ...

NASA's oldest active astronaut has returned home to Houston after his latest stint in orbit. Don Pettit arrived in Space City on Sunday (April 20), which happened to be his 70th birthday.

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70. Don Pettit touched down on Saturday ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday ...

AND WOULD INSPIRE A CAREER..THAT IS TRULY OUT OF THIS WORLD... DR. JAMES NEWMAN, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT "I WAS A "I WAS A TEENAGER AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY INSPIRED ME TO LOOK AT NASA AS ...

A veteran NASA astronaut who flew to orbit more than seven months ago with two Russians is preparing to return to Earth. Don Pettit, who arrived Sept. 11, 2024 for his third-ever stint at the ...

Astronaut Don Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month ...