A crew of Chinese astronauts headed for orbit Thursday to begin a six-month-long mission aboard the Tiangong space station.

Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) presents unique challenges and experiences for astronauts. They follow a ...

Lawmakers give their final approval to a bill that will hold owners of dangerous dogs accountable. Astronaut Don Pettit spent ...

During his time in microgravity, Pettit, an inveterate tinkerer, said he likes to spend his free time either doing ...

Don Pettit marked his 70th birthday on April 20 by plunging through the atmosphere in a Russian Soyuz capsule to wrap up a ...

On April 28, 2001, the world's first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz ...

April 21 (UPI) -- NASA launched its latest cargo run to the International Space Station early Monday morning.

A drawing by Johns Island artist Rebecca Waechter is out of this world. Literally. NASA astronauts displayed her custom work ...

ELVIS, a new holographic microscope developed at Portland State University, could help advance efforts to look for life on other worlds.

A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreign national aboard China’s Tiangong space station, as Beijing steps up space ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a ...

Dragon rendezvoused with the space station this morning (April 22), docking with the orbital lab at 8:40 a.m. ET. A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS ...