NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said that during his most recent trip to the space station, he didn't feel his age at all.

The stereotype is that “engineers want to computerize everything” while “astronauts always want manual controls,” but it’s not always so. After Apollo 8, that crew suggested that the ...

"We were always coming back." In response to multiple questions about the recent politicization of their extended stay, the astronauts said simply that politics don't breach the sound barrier.

CARDMAN: I think, unlike a lot of people, I didn't actually grow up wanting to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a writer at one point and a marine biologist. Of course my mom would always take me ...

“It’s just something they do,” Waechter said. “Astronauts always bring a certain amount of things up in space, like poker chips, stuffed animals. It’s something they like to do for the ...

Was there an astronaut your father admired? The astronaut corps has always been an amazing collection of talent, and my dad admired all of his colleagues. My mom was friends with Susy Young [wife ...

"Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned ... Returning to Earth has always been "a significant challenge" for his body, Pettit said from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.