While Spears' red jumpsuit became a defining symbol of the era, there was another memorable figure in the video: an astronaut who, for many, became as recognizable as the song itself. At just 24 ...

Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King and the rest of the Blue Origins crew who flew to space on Monday may not technically be astronauts, according to federal government rules. Despite ...

It is named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space. During each launch, the rocket reaches initial speeds exceeding 2,000 mph – much faster than the speed of sound ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...

The rocket flies itself so does not need to be piloted by the astronauts. Strictly speaking, it is not quite the first female-only space flight: in 1963 a Russian cosmonaut, Valentina Treshkova ...

March 18, 2025 • NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were on the International Space Station more than nine months, despite launching into space in June for what was expected to be ...

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