A Russian cosmonaut who holds the world record for the longest time spent in space for one trip revealed why he refused help ...

That said, we know for sure that one person has taken alcohol into space, before drinking it on the Moon. During Apollo 11, ...

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams return to Earth this week after being stranded at the ISS for 9 months, ...

Wilmore and Williams do not hold the record for the longest stay in orbit, which belongs to cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov, who ...

Mark Kelly of Arizona, also served as a NASA astronaut on short shuttle flights. Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent 14 ½ ...

Before the International Space Station (ISS), the Soviet Union pioneered the concept of space stations, changing the course of human spaceflight forever. From Salyut and Mir to their lasting ...

The current record for most days spent in space was earned by Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov who was onboard Russia's Mir ...

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore are now closer home. They departed this morning from the International Space Station on the Dragon spacecraft after being "stranded" for nine months on the ...

Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent 14 ½ months aboard the Mir space station in the mid-1990s. He volunteered for it. As a physician, he wanted to observe the changes in the human body and ...

Sharman wore the garment for her 1991 mission to the Soviet/Russian space station Mir. The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that returned U.K. astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station in ...