The May 15, 1963 launch of the Mercury Atlas 9 Earth-orbital space mission carried astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. into orbit around Earth. The flight made 22 orbits of the planet in just over 34 ...

In the era of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Artemis I, it can be easy to forget rocket science is, well, just that. Before our modern understanding of the ins and outs of spaceflight, pioneers like Walter ...

Following on the heels of Bonhams' recent sale of spacesuits and related items, Nate D Sanders Auctions is offering another vintage piece of Space Race memorabilia. The bidding has opened for an ...

Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here. Above, Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 flight, is seen in Hanger S ...

Sunday marks 60 years since NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. On Feb. 20, 1962, the "Mercury Seven" member set out on the agency's three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission ...

Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight, poses for a photo with the Mercury "Friendship 7" spacecraft during preflight activities. On April 9, 1959, NASA ...

Fifty years ago on Wednesday, the United States launched its fifth astronaut into space. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. rode his one-man Mercury spacecraft atop an Atlas rocket to orbit on Oct. 3, ...

Nearly three years after lifting off from French Guiana, the BepiColombo space probe has now set its sights on Mercury for the first time, completing a "flawless" flyby over the weekend. The maneuver ...

It was a nuclear missile before it was a space rocket. Now, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force has welcomed a restored replica to its permanent collection, and you can see it today after three ...