07JUL 2025
Astronauts killed

Astronauts killed

The first zinnias are blooming in space, but they almost didn’t make it from bud to flower. This is a story of how an experiment was saved by throwing out heavily regulated, detailed procedures in favor of using human judgement on the fly. Correction : This wasn’t the first flower to bloom in space, but it’s still gorgeous. Two weeks after planting zinnias, astronaut Kjell Lindgren…

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01JUL 2025
Astronaut outline

Astronaut outline

Given sufficient national will, political commitment, and adequate funding, humans could realistically be on Mars by 2030, said Charles F. Bolden, Jr., administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, at the Kennedy School of Government on Tuesday. In contrast to the Apollo program…
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25JUN 2025
Astronaut Scott

Astronaut Scott

After almost nine consecutive months in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is finding solace in Romaine lettuce and zinnias. Kelly spoke to lawmakers Wednesday via live downlink from the International Space Station. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend s email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook…
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19JUN 2025
Astronaut died

Astronaut died

Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell died February 4, 2016, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his Apollo 14 lunar landing. He was 85. Mitchell was one of 12 Apollo astronauts to walk on the moon - the only humans to ever set foot on another world. The American men who went to the moon The Apollo…
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13JUN 2025
First American female astronaut

First American female astronaut

Floating freely on the flight deck, Sally Ride communicates with ground controllers in Houston during her STS-7 mission in June 1983. Credit: NASA Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space when she flew on the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She made two shuttle flights…
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07JUN 2025
Apollo 7, astronauts

Apollo 7, astronauts

On Oct. 22, 1968, Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean after 11 days in space. Though often overlooked, Apollo 7 was a significant mission. This first manned mission after the Apollo 1 fire not only got got NASA back on track to the moon, it proved the Apollo Block II spacecraft was fit to fly…
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01JUN 2025
Aerospace Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering

Aerospace Aeronautical Astronautical Engineering

#1 Overall Score: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 4.9 $44, 720 per year (full-time) 3, 143 #2Tie Overall Score: California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 4.7 $41, 790 per year (full-time) 537 Overall Score: Stanford University Stanford, CA $47, 073 per year (full-time) 3, 558…
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