After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Saturn is below Venus and very low in the predawn sky. In late April it is five degrees above the horizon. You may need ...

New photos, shared by NASA, show the four astronauts being welcomed at the Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston following the successful splashdown. But one photo of Ms Williams ...

How do space programs get their names? Elizabeth Coen | Monterey, California NASA and others have long sought symbolic names ...

NASA's first year-in-space astronaut was Scott Kelly ... The first American, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, followed on May 5, 1961. The first woman in space was the Soviet Union’s Valentina ...

The first American, Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard ... Of those four, only Tereshkova is still alive. NASA's first year-in-space astronaut was Scott Kelly; he logged 340 days at the space station ...