Origami cranes are also an international symbol for peace, hope and healing. In 2011, when a powerful earthquake hit Japan, ...

The NASA astronauts whose short mission to the International Space Station extended into a nearly year-long nightmare when their Boeing spacecraft malfunctioned are expected to finally return back to ...

The two NASA astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June will be hitching a ride home on a SpaceX craft in just “a few weeks,” according to Elon Musk ...

An upcoming routine SpaceX mission to send a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station bears a little more significance this time around. When a mission known as Crew-10 launches as ...

Historically, and even still today, astronauts selected to fly to space have had to fit a long list of physical requirements. However, many professionals in the field are beginning to acknowledge ...

To prepare newbie astronauts for such conditions, NASA, or in this case, the European Space Agency (ESA), takes new astronauts on special flights that are able to imitate — albeit briefly ...

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Chosen as the first crewed flight test of the Boeing Starliner back in June of last year, the astronauts' journey to the International Space Station was only supposed to last a few days.

The famous photograph known as “Earthrise,” taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts on Christmas ... suffered a massive outer-space hangover/letdown, where it suddenly seemed as if we’d shot ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos.

Once the new astronauts arrive, a few days of handover activities will occur before Williams and Wilmore can join Crew-9 in the SpaceX Dragon to undock from the International Space Station.