It is the method favoured by American spacecraft – such as NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo – to re-enter Earth. In a ...

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed down aboard a SpaceX capsule off the coast of Florida on Tuesday, accompanied by ...