Thirty-five new astronauts joined the corps in 1978, among them women and people of color who reshaped the agency forever, a new book shows.

Astronauts tell the best stories. After all, not everyone has the privilege to commute to and from the moon. In her new book "What's It Like in Space? Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There ...

The new book "Astronaut Wives Club" by Lily Koppel reveals what life was really like for spouses of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts. (Hachette) ...

So here are Seattle Times’ staffers’ picks for some of their favorite astronaut-themed science fiction books, movies and TV shows.

The astronaut readings are posted online, available at any time for children to see. The delivery, targeted for December, was delayed a year because of a Virginia launch explosion.

All of the books can be read in about 15 minutes and are selected based on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts, according to interviews with the project creators in the ...

"Endurance" is the story not just of the year Scott Kelly spent on the International Space Station but of how he became an astronaut.

When astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded videos from the International Space Station showing how to brush your teeth in space -- and make a sandwich and wring out a washcloth -- they were successful.

The new book "Astronaut Wives Club" (Grand Central Publishing, June 2013) by Lily Koppel reveals what life was really like for spouses of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts. (Image credit ...

A new book based on interviews with dozens of the wives of NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts finally tells the story of the home front that made the moon missions possible. Lily Koppel ...