From a spacecraft’s coolant leak to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, astronauts have gotten stuck in space for a ...

Born in Karnal, Haryana, Kalpana was the first Indian woman who went to space. In her memory, the first Indian water ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

French, the owner of the infamous “space shuttle” bus that was parked on Starr Street in Ridgewood, has explained why he ...

The Starliner saga has ended but it also highlights how the reality of human spaceflight has been twisted out of context, glossing over the importance of protocol ...

A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a ...

A vast body of research shows that every year, the shift to daylight saving time needlessly exacerbates various health risks, ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized ...

Dr. Farrah Hayes, executive director of the future Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, shared a glimpse into the center’s space-themed STEM programs and its profound impact on local ...

Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, ...

Although the report stopped short of affixing individual blame, it highlighted flaws in the space ... disasters like the Challenger tragedy - which received fresh scrutiny after another shuttle ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, left, and space shuttle veteran Nicole Stott speak ... is to develop a planetary backup “away from the disasters, wars, accidents and everything down here.” ...