where the atmosphere and planetary magnetic field provide a shield from space radiation, astronauts are exposed to high-energy radiation permeating the cosmos. This can lead to DNA damage ...

NASA astronauts returned to Earth in the wee hours of Wednesday after spending more than nine months at the International ...

Wilmore, 62, played high school ... Williams as an astronaut in 1998 followed by Wilmore in 2000. Each had two spaceflights behind them including monthslong stints at the space station before ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were barely known outside space circles ... Who are the stuck astronauts?The two test pilots came to NASA via the Navy. Wilmore, 62, played high school and college ...

one in college and another in high school. An elder at his Baptist church, the astronaut has kept up prayer services remotely from space, making use of the space station’s internet phone.

NASA's stuck astronauts are heading home now that a replacement crew has arrived at the International Space Station CAPE ... Wilmore, 62, played high school and college football in his home ...

These are the main hazards astronauts face in space: Space radiation - Astronauts are exposed to high-energy radiation in space, unlike on Earth, where the atmosphere and planetary magnetic field ...

The hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the astronauts was sealed at 11:05 p.m. ET on Monday. In the nex ...

However, thanks to the advent of handheld computers and tablets, astronauts have even more high-tech annotation methods. The dark secret of outer space is that there's no air out there.