Super boy band One Direction filmed the video for “Drag Me Down” at NASA. One Direction is pictured performing on ABC's "Good Morning America" in Central Park on Aug. 4, 2015 in New York City. Al ...

Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in a T-38 jet on April 25, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Getty Images NASA ...

That includes learning "basic astronaut skills," NASA says, including spacewalking, operating the International Space Station, flying T-38 jet planes and controlling a robotic arm – like the one used ...

The X-38—had it gone operational—would not have been the first reusable spacecraft. But it helped lay the groundwork for future space programs’ emphasis on reusability. The NASA X-38 was an ...