G. David Low spent 12 years as an astronaut before becoming an aerospace executive in the private sector. He died in 2008.

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, both four-time space shuttle veterans, and two of the few people to ever touch the ...

NASA space shuttle astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, who flew into orbit four times each, will be inducted into the U.S.

On May 16, 2011, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its 25th and final flight. This was also the penultimate mission of ...

NASA astronauts Tom Akers and Joe Tanner, with multiple spaceflights and spacewalks, were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The recent Artemis II moonshot mission has reignited many people’s fascination with space. One Kansan who knows what it’s like to blast off has a new book about the experience.

Children at an Edmonton space camp had a once-in-a-lifetime conversation on Wednesday, speaking live with an astronaut orbiting some 400 kilometres above Earth. It was a rare chance for young space ...

Mike Massimino is a retired NASA astronaut and veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

On May 7, 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on its first flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com]( Endeavour was the ...

Veteran astronaut Tom Akers was born in St. Louis, grew up in Eminence, Missouri, and attended Missouri University of Science ...

Before a single shuttle commander could attempt one of the most dangerous landings in aviation history, they had to master it in a hacked business jet designed to fly like a falling brick. This is the ...

Before any Space Shuttle commander ever touched down on a runway, they had already practiced it hundreds of times inside a heavily modified business jet designed to fly like a falling brick. This is ...