The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings he would attain the rank of senior lieutenant fighter as a pilot in the Soviet Air ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible, but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy ...

Dr. Norah Patten has made history as Ireland’s first astronaut with plans to travel into space next year. Though this is her first time venturing outside Earth's boundaries, her entire career ...

As the final days tick down for the UAE’s first human space flight, astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori contemplates the mission ahead. Emirati astronaut Hazzaa AlMansoori with crewmates Oleg Skripochka ...

The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight around Earth’s polar regions, as the commander shares with Spectrum ...

Animals were every bit as heroic as the first human astronauts By Jeffrey Kluger Animals have long been the science community’s shock troops—the first to hit the beaches when a new frontier of ...

With NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and her crewmate Butch Wilmore returning to Earth on Tuesday after nine months in space, ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space. Private spaceflight is not a new concept. In the United States, commercial ...

SpaceX is about to launch its first private human spaceflight mission in nearly seven months. The mission will use a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft to send four civilians into a polar ...