Heroes of Space: James Irwin

The deeply religious astronaut who found inspiration during his time on the Moon

Heroes of Space: Scott Carpenter

Carpenter was a true leader in NASA’s campaign to reach space with his efforts in Project Mercury

His work in the field of solar physics changed our understanding of the Sun

Why the first American woman in space will be remembered forever.

We’ve been a space-faring species for over half a century thanks to Yuri Gagarin, our first cosmic explorer

The life and work of one of the world’s greatest scientific minds

The unsung hero who built NASA into the world’s greatest space agency.

Read on to learn more about the peculiar life of the last great naked eye astronomer

Did this Soviet cosmonaut crash back to Earth screaming in rage at his superiors?

On this day in 1868 an unsung astronomer, who helped to discover our place in the universe, was born

The maverick astronaut who became known to many as the Comeback Kid

He won the Nobel Prize for his revelations in the field of physics

How this entrepreneur is almost single-handedly ushering in a new era of private space exploration through his company SpaceX.