astronaut

New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first civilian brought into space, tragically died aboard the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986.

Despite the circumstances, there were plenty of good April Fools' Day jokes in Maine that went viral. Here's five of the best.

Jessica Meir will step away from the International Space Station for a walk in space Wednesday, and another later this month.

NASA astronaut and Caribou High School graduate Jessica Meir will "visit" Fort Fairfield library.

NASA’s newest batch of astronauts includes a graduate of Caribou High School. 35-year-old Jessica Meir, who currently works at Harvard Medical School, has been chosen to join a team of 4 women and 4 men to begin training for NASA’s future space missions.