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In his final days aboard the International Space Station ... American astronaut Don Pettit has posted a sublime shot that wouldn’t look out of place in an art gallery. The extraordinary image ...

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Women interested in space exploration have faced bias and discrimination over the years. People like astronaut and mom Kellie Gerardi — who is preparing for her second space flight in 2026 ...

Perry will be joined on the flight by Gayle King, co-host of CBS Mornings; Aisha Bowe, former NASA rocket scientist; Amanda ...

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been stuck in space for nine months, on what was originally going to ...

The two, along with fellow NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down in the ...