At one point it was a real possibility that Peggy Whitson would be in space when she was inducted. Rather, she was in ...

Veteran NASA astronauts Bernard Harris and Peggy Whitson were inducted today into the prestigious U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. That's according to a ...

California’s high school track-and-field state finals drew protestors after awarding one extra medal in events where a transgender athlete finishes in the top three, a rule change that may be the ...

Strauss' “Blue Danube” waltz is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) — American gymnastics icon Mary Lou Retton faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence ...

Luther College graduating senior Madelyn Kaasa received the college's Elizabeth A. and Paul G. Jenson Medal for the class of ...

Mary Lou Retton, the iconic Olympic gymnastics champion who lived and trained in Houston, was arrested on suspicion of DUI ...

Ed Smylie, who has died aged 95, was an American engineer who led the team at Nasa which saved the imperiled crew of the ...

The 2019 award is for her service as the Planetary Data System liaison to the Cassini Project. Beebe received NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal for her work in coordinating archiving of the ...

Beebe received NASA’s Exceptional Public Service Medal for her work in coordinating archiving of the Cassini data set to optimize access for current and future users. “This was unexpected ...