NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare atmospheric phenomenon over the US and Mexico known as a "sprite" that's ...

Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S.

'Near-Space Dive' Sets New Skydive Record, 25 Miles Above Earth : The Two-Way Google's Alan Eustace fell from an altitude of more than 135,000 feet, plummeting for some 15 minutes. The jump broke ...

Astronaut Don Pettit, currently residing 240 miles above Earth on the International Space Station has the advantage of a unique vantage point.. Skip to Main Content.

Update #3: Okay, so, he's alive. It worked. That was all a bit stressful, yes? Baumgartner survived jumping from almost 130,000 feet above the earth. He didn't break the record for longest free fall.

Finding Hope 220 Miles Above The Earth. ByJohn Mauldin, ... More attached takes off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 30, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The Polaris Dawn mission reached new heights on Tuesday as It reached an orbit of 870 miles above the Earth's surface, the farthest humans have been away from the planet since the 1970s.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Organisms could live more than 30 miles (50 kilometers) above Earth's surface, in an ...