Yuri's Night in Phoenix

06/07/2024

"... no one cares about race or religion or nationality in space travel. We're all just part of Team Human." As we look to the stars aboard our spaceship, Earth, remember that we must also look to each other, for this is our home. For all SpaceKind.

11/03/2023

25 years ago today, John Glenn went back to space on Space Shuttle Discovery STS-95. He was 77, and at the time, the oldest person to go to space. His return to space came over three decades after his historic 1962 flight in Mercury Friendship 7, when he became the first American to orbit the Earth: https://s.si.edu/3Ft3Gpn

12/03/2022

Our mission is to encourage black, indigenous, and/or people of color (BIPOC) who are majoring in arts and humanities to consider using their knowledge and skills in careers that advance human spaceflight by exposing them to experiential learning opportunities focused around science, technology, eng...

04/22/2022

This full view Earth photo was taken 50 years ago by the crew of Apollo 17 on their way to the moon. It reminds me of the beauty and the fragility of our home, a home we all share, and how important it is to take care of planet Earth.

04/12/2022

Tuesday is the International Day of Human Space Flight 👨‍🚀👩‍🚀🚀.
On this day 61 years ago, the first human space flight took place -- a historic event that opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.

04/01/2022

Four Expedition 67 astronauts, who have been aboard the International Space Station since November, kicked off the weekend with a light duty day today following a pair of spacewalks and a crew swap in March.

03/07/2022

: Valentina Tereshkova 💫

ASE member Tereshkova (left) met with Expedition 26/27 Flight Engineer Cady Coleman in Star City before Coleman's flight to the International Space Station in 2010.

Fun fact: She was the first woman to fly in space!

Happy 85th birthday, Valentina! 🎉

12/25/2021

Los miembros de AAFI les deseamos una increíble navidad espacial, deseamos mucho amor y felicidad para todos ustedes. Gracias por el apoyo que nos dan. Los queremos. 🥰🚀❤

12/22/2021

The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is the largest, most powerful and complex space telescope ever built. Webb, which is led by NASA with its partners, the...

12/12/2021

12/06/2021

The newest NASA astronauts - an amazingly accomplished group! The Right Stuff, personified.

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/candidates

11/20/2021