Astronauts

Astronauts
Diversity at NASA
International Space Station (ISS)
Native American Heritage Month
Nicole Aunapu Mann
People of NASA
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her spacesuit on Jan. 12, 2023, ahead of a planned spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system. Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. […]
Posted November 21, 2023
Ames Research Center
Artemis
Astronauts
Candidate Astronauts
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
NASA’s current class of astronaut candidates toured the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, including a stop at the Arc Jet Complex, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023.
Posted November 9, 2023
Humans in Space
Astronauts
In-flight Education Downlinks
Learning Resources
Students from Brighton Elementary School in Brighton, Tennessee, will have an opportunity this week to hear from NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The space-to-Earth call will air live at 11:45 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 8, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.
Posted November 7, 2023
NASA History
Astronauts
Former Astronauts
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on the passing of former NASA astronaut Rear Adm. (ret.) Thomas K. (TK) Mattingly II. “We lost one of our country’s heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will ensure he […]
Posted November 2, 2023
ISS Research
Ames Research Center
Astronauts
General
International Space Station (ISS)
Robotics
Space Technology Mission Directorate
The International Space Station is abuzz with the return of one of NASA’s Astrobee smart robots. The yellow Honey Astrobee, one of three free-flying robots, was unboxed in space after spending nearly a year at its home base, NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Honey had returned to Earth in September 2022 for […]
Posted October 5, 2023
Advanced Plant Habitat (APH)
Astronauts
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
ISS Research
Raja Chari
Taco Night on the International Space Station had a little kick to it on Nov. 26, 2021. In this image taken by NASA astronaut Kayla Barron, fellow NASA astronaut and Expedition 66 flight engineer Raja Chari smiles as he shows off a taco that includes fresh chile peppers. The peppers were harvested from inside the […]
Posted October 4, 2023
Astronauts
Frank Rubio
Humans in Space
International Space Station (ISS)
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio landed in Kazakhstan on Sept. 27, 2023, after spending 371 days in space aboard the International Space Station. Rubio’s mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. While on the space station, Rubio completed 5,963 orbits of the Earth. See the highlights of his year in space. […]
Posted October 3, 2023
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