Astronaut

Texas first passed a law in 1997 that allows astronauts to vote if they will be in space during early voting and on Election Day.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NASA's astronaut selection manager April Jordan about what the agency is looking for in the next generation of space travelers.

The retired astronaut, who was the second person to walk on the moon, announced his marriage to Anca Faur.

Crew members with hearing, visual and mobility impairments tested accessibility features while aboard an aircraft that simulated a zero-gravity environment at an altitude of 25,000 feet.

Sixteen passengers with disabilities are boarding a special airplane flight from Houston with a nonprofit group called AstroAccess.

Astronaut and aviation pioneer Eileen Collins shares her story at this TPR's Think Science event.

Collins was the crew member who stayed in orbit on the Apollo 11 command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Later he oversaw building of the National Air and Space Museum.

Ninth graders in Sam Houston High School's new P-Tech program had a chance to talk science with the first African American to walk in space Monday.Bernard…

Scientists from UT Health San Antonio are among the select few who have expanded their research to include the final frontier.Dr. Kumar Sharma and…