(This story has been updated with the latest target launch time information.) United Launch Alliance crews are now targeting ...

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced the “Mercury Seven,” its first seven astronauts: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald “Deke” Slayton, to ...

After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA ...

This timeline highlights key manned and unmanned missions and tests of NASA’s Project Mercury. The primary objectives were to orbit a manned space vessel around Earth, investigate human ability ...

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Rocket launches from Florida occur at NASA’s Kennedy ... The mighty ULA Atlas V rocket with five solid boosters will launch the first batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet satellites to ...

On April 9, 1959, NASA unveiled the seven astronauts who would be part of the historic Mercury Project, a pioneering US space exploration program. Known as the 'Mercury Seven', these brave men ...

United Launch Alliance crews are now targeting 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 9, to launch an Atlas V rocket carrying ... Amazon is constructing a Project Kuiper complex at NASA's Kennedy Space ...