But did you know that astronauts actually shrink when they return to Earth? This is just one of the many strange effects space has on the human body. From changes in bone density to altered vision ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose short mission to the International Space Station (ISS) ast year has turned into a 10-month marathon, are finally gearing up for a return to ...

NASA astronauts and Starliner crew members Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore are getting ready to return to Earth from the International Space Station. When the two veteran NASA ...

To prepare newbie astronauts for such conditions, NASA, or in this case, the European Space Agency (ESA), takes new astronauts on special flights that are able to imitate — albeit briefly ...

The two American astronauts stranded aboard the International Space Station for nine months may have been stuck there because of the presidential election, one of their fellow spacemen thinks.

Four astronauts launched on Friday en route to the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03 p.m. Eastern time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This is ...

Crew-10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the ...

A joint NASA and SpaceX launch scheduled for March 12 to help bring the two astronauts—who have been stranded on the International Space Station since June—back to Earth has been delayed by at ...

Barry "Butch" Wilmore, one of the astronauts stranded at the International Space Station, said statements from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that former President Joe Biden declined to ...

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore at a press conference from the International Space Station on Sept. 13. (NASA via AP) ...

Four astronauts are gearing up to launch to the International Space Station on Wednesday. Their arrival will, at long last, kick off the process of bringing NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch ...

Four astronauts are about to board a rocket to leave the planet. Update for 7:50 pm ET: SpaceX called off its planned launch of the Crew-10 astronaut mission for NASA due to a hydraulics issue ...