NASA astronauts Stories

The launch was closely watched after three earlier missions ended in failure, including one in June when a rocket exploded on the pad.

Lovell flew on several important space missions, including Gemini 7, where he and his colleague tested if humans could survive two weeks in space, and...

Wilmore and Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts and retired U.S. Navy test pilots, had launched into space as Starliner's first crew in June for wha...