Apr 24, 2025 · Today there are usually seven astronauts living on board at any given time, from a variety of countries. The first class of NASA astronauts was selected in 1959. They are known …

Jun 6, 2025 · NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Jessica Watkins, and Bob Hines are pictured looking out the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft’s windows.

Mar 4, 2020 · As NASA continues to expand human exploration in our solar system, we will need more than the currently active astronauts to crew spacecraft bound for multiple deep-space …

Sep 4, 2024 · NASA astronauts have been traveling to space for more than six decades and living there continuously since 2000. Now, NASA’s Artemis program is preparing to land the first …

Nov 12, 2024 · The NASA Astronaut Fact Book provides information on the 360 explorers who have been selected as astronauts since NASA's first class in 1959.

May 21, 2025 · Astronauts. Astronauts train for a variety of missions, including performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built …

Apr 9, 2025 · NASA selects astronauts from a pool of applicants with a wide variety of backgrounds. From the thousands of applications received, only a few are chosen for the …

Edward Gibson was a member of NASA's first group of scientist-astronauts, chosen as the fourth astronaut class in June 1965.…

Jun 6, 2025 · While astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” to explore the Sea of Tranquility …

The crew of four astronauts will lift off on the approximately 10-day mission from Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, blazing beyond Earth's grasp atop the …