Time

With Private Space Flight On the Rise, Who Gets to Be Called ‘Astronaut?’

The crew of the Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit. From left: Hayley Arceneaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Chris Sembroski photographed in Los Angeles, July 2021. The crew of the Inspiration4, the world’s first ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Smead Aerospace graduate a NASA astronaut candidate

An alumna of the University of Colorado Boulder and a Kentucky native, Overcash was selected as one of 10 astronaut candidates from over 8,000 applications received for their Astronaut Class of 2025. In September, she began a two-year NASA training ...
Orlando Sentinel

Science center exhibit spells out astronaut necessities

So, you want to be an astronaut when you grow up? Or did you want to be an astronaut when you grew up? “Mission: Astronaut,” the latest traveling exhibit to land at Orlando Science Center, features the many job requirements and duties that come with ...
PBS

New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX launched the replacements as soon as possible at NASA's ...