While Melvin was a receiver with the Dallas Cowboys in the spring of 1987, he was also taking courses at the University of Virginia that would help him in his second career: astronaut.

The cowboy hat is a caricature of overzealous ... NASA had no place for lady astronauts back then. In 1961, she lost her chance to go to space. Today, at 82, she finally got her shot.

Replacing their astronaut with a strong, quiet cowboy, Don muses, “He always brings the cattle home safe.” It’s a well-worn advertising image, and one that speaks evocatively of coming home ...

The duo appeared at Canada's Calgary Stampede in flight suits and cowboy hats. Thinking riding rockets is a challenge? Try a horse. Canadian Artemis 2 moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen, partnering with ...

The Astronaut Farmer: Family drama. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen and Bruce Willis. Directed by Michael Polish. (PG. 105 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Assembling a movie that will ...

The Houston skyline, a cowboy hat and an astronaut playing soccer are just some of the visual elements featured in the city's official 2026 FIFA World Cup poster, which was released Wednesday.

The movie "Cowboys and Aliens," which premiered on July 29, drops other-world travelers and their spacecraft into a classic Western. Our cowboy hero, Jake Lonergan, played by Daniel Craig, wakes ...

Astronaut mementoes: Cowboy boots, prayer beads, lunch box By MARCIA DUNN. AP Aerospace Writer. August 02, 2015 10:06 PM. This undated file photo provided by NASA shows the crew of the Space ...