While many astronauts choose to braid or use ties on their hair, the 36-year-old opted to let it float free in microgravity.

Samples collected from a crew member are inserted into a cryogenic storage unit for preservation and later analysis.

Vinson Carter, who teaches STEM education, and some of his U of A students helped junior high students in Springdale connect with astronaut Nichole Ayers aboard the International Space Station.

On her first visit to orbit, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or ...

Students of Richmond Hill High School recently had the chance to blast off into a cosmic learning experience when they ...

SpaceX Crew 10, led by NASA Pilot Major Nichole Ayers of Woodland Park, leaped off the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center Friday evening. She's now orbiting Earth and preparing for her next big ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) NASA astronaut and spacecraft commander Anne McClain ...

One of them is our very own Nichole Ayers, a graduate of Woodland Park High School and the Air Force Academy. Ayers is already well known for her expertise in the cockpit, but as she prepares to ...

WASHINGTON • A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts, including Air Force Academy graduate Nichole Ayers, to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - MARCH 14: NASA astronauts Anne McClain, right, and Nichole Ayers gesture to friends and family as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building ...