astronaut

In 1961, as astronaut Alan Shepard sat aboard his Redstone rocket waiting to become the first American launched in space, hours of delays forced him to urinate in his space suit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Comedian John Bishop has cancelled upcoming events after breaking his ankle while riding a motorbike with astronaut Tim Peake.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Becoming a content creator has officially elbowed out old standbys like doctor and astronaut as the job that Gen Z and Gen Alpha most aspire to have.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Each astronaut was awarded a Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Jackie Cochran may have thought that she was the obvious choice as the first female astronaut.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

"And in 10 years' time, the first European manned capsule take off from Kourou with European astronauts and those from other nations on board," he added, referring to Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Trump signed the order Friday at an event dedicated to the astronauts who flew around the moon and back earlier this year on NASA’s Artemis II mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

As the agency pivots to putting astronauts on the moon, this $3-billion space-copter is the agency’s last large-scale mission to explore the solar system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The flight marked the first time astronauts had traveled aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft, which is designed to carry crews on missions beyond low Earth orbit.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

According to Millis, astronauts might harness the energy in the vacuum to push a spaceship, just as mariners harnessed the wind to drive a frigate.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife