Astronaut Jonny Kim gets first space station mission

Jonny Kim, a former Navy SEAL, accomplished physician and the first Korean American NASA astronaut, is set to embark on his first space miss...

Ex-NASA engineer accused of secretly filming sexual encounters with his glasses

Former NASA engineer Eric Sim, 37, who is facing seven counts of sexual assault, is now accused of filming his sexual encounters without his...

Japanese astronauts to be first non-Americans to land on moon

Two Japanese astronauts are set to become the first non-Americans to land on the moon via a new collaboration with the National Aeronautics ...

Kalpana Chawla turns 62: Remembering the 1st Indian woman to fly to space

Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to venture into space, would have celebrated her 62nd birthday on March 17 had her life not...

From Navy SEAL to doctor to astronaut: Jonny Kim may set foot on the moon in 2024

Ever since he was a child, Jonny Kim, a highly decorated Navy SEAL and a graduate of Harvard Medical School, said he had always wanted to go...

NASA researcher pleads guilty to hiding Chinese government ties while accepting US funding

NASA researcher Zhengdong Cheng pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of violating NASA regulations and falsifying official documents. Che...

China slams NASA chief’s claim that it is planning to ‘take over’ the Moon

Several Chinese experts, including Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, denied NASA Administrator Bill Nelson’s recent claims...

San Jose man faces up to 30 years in prison for smuggling US aviation tech from NASA contractor to China

Jonathan Yet Wing Soong, 34, has been charged with smuggling and violating export control laws after allegedly sending sensitive aeronautic...

Tennessee professor accused of spying for China is acquitted by federal judge

Anming Hu, the Chinese professor accused of hiding his ties with China while applying for a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (N...

Daughter of Vietnamese refugees Margaret Vo Schaus sworn in as NASA’s new CFO

Vietnamese American Margaret Vo Schaus is now the new chief financial officer for NASA after swearing-in on Wednesday. The ceremony: In the ...

A spacecraft is named after Ellison Onizuka, NASA’s first Asian American astronaut

Ellison Onizuka, the first Asian American astronaut, was recently honored with a NASA spacecraft named after him.  A fallen hero: Aerospace ...

NASA Project Manager Rips Contingency Speech After Successful Mars Ingenuity Flight

MiMi Aung, the project manager for Ingenuity at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was recently captured on camera ripping her pr...

Meet The Asian American ‘Martians’ Behind NASA’s Perseverance Rover

The successful landing of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars on Thursday after its 293 million-mile journey from Earth was made possible by...

4 Asian American Astronauts Are Going to the Moon in 2024

The 18 members of NASA’s Moon landing mission, called the Artemis program, have been revealed, and four of their members are of Asian descen...

Japanese Astronaut Successfully Completes NASA’s First Commercial Crew Program Flight

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) docked to the International Space Station (ISS) at 11:01 p.m. EST ...

Malaysian Boy, 9, Invents Solution to NASA’s ‘#1 Problem’

A 9-year-old boy from Malaysia may have solved one of the biggest dilemmas on NASA’s plate. Easy peasy: Zyson Kang Zy Sun invented the...

Filipinos Dominate Submissions For NASA’s ‘Send Your Name to Mars’ Program

The number of Filipinos wanting to “travel” to Mars has just breached the million mark. Send me: The Philippines has topped the ...

Indian Schoolgirls Spot Asteroid Headed to Earth

A pair of 10th graders from India has discovered an asteroid that will eventually find its way toward planet Earth. Schoolgirl scientists: R...

Filipina American Becomes Department Head at NASA Despite Bad Math Grades Growing Up

Women make up only a third of NASA’s workforce, and Filipina American engineer Josephine Santiago-Bond is one of them. Santiago-Bond is the ...

Coronavirus Outbreak Leads to Huge Drop in China’s Air Pollution

China reportedly saw a dramatic decrease in its air pollution as the country focuses its attention on fighting the 2019 novel coronavirus (C...

Meet Jonny Kim – The Man Every Asian Tiger Mom Compares You To

“Why are you not like Auntie Yi’s kid?! He works so hard.” “Did you know that Steve’s kid just got into Harvar...

Meet the Navy SEAL and Doctor Who’s the First Korean American Going to Space

A former Navy SEAL and Harvard medical doctor became the first Korean American astronaut at NASA last week. Jonny Kim, 35, graduated from th...

Andrew Yang Was Absolutely Right That It’s ‘Too Late’ Over Climate Change, NASA Scientist Says

Scientists at NASA have just backed Andrew Yang on his dark but realistic climate change response from the second Democratic debate weeks ag...

Malaysian, Sir Lankan Boy Among Winners of NASA’s Moon Mission Patch Design Competition

Teng Wei Rui, a 12-year-old Form 1 student, was recently named as one of the winners of the United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Ad...

The First Asian-American Astronaut Who Went to S‌pa‌ce D‌i‌e‌d in the Challenger Ex‌pl‌os‌i‌on 33 Years Ago

NASA lost the first Asian-American astronaut to fly into space 33 years ago when the Challenger space shuttle ex‌pl‌od‌ed and k‌il‌l‌e‌‌d it...

Chinese-American Astronaut Reveals What Asian Kids Must to Do Achieve Their Dreams

Like many of us, Leroy Chiao, 57, looked up to the stars as a child and dreamed of reaching outer space one day. But unlike most people, he ...

Meet Two Incredibly Badass Asian Americans Who Could Be NASA’s Next Astronauts

Dr. Jonny Kim and Raja Chari are two impressive Asian Americans who made it into NASA’s 2017 astronaut candidate class, having been ch...

NASA To Launch the World’s Smallest Satellite Invented By an Indian Teen

Next month, the world’s smallest satellite, invented by a brilliant teenage scientist from India, will be launched by NASA to space.  ...

NASA is Officially Recruiting Astronauts to Go to Mars

Attention all space lovers: NASA is officially putting a team together to set foot on the Martian frontier. Charles Bolden, a NASA Administr...

Seventeen-Year-Old Genius Finally Gets Job at NASA After Getting Rejected For Being Too Young

This teenaged whiz kid might be too young to vote or drink, but he holds two college degrees and works on drone and aircraft surveillance te...

NASA Offers Tips To Startups: Staying Relevant and Making People Passionate About Your Product

One of the hardest things that artists, companies, and entrepreneurs will struggle with at a point in their lives is keeping up with the ch...