Space missions can last from a few days to several months, requiring mental stamina. Spacewalks and zero-gravity environments offer incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for astronauts.

SpaceX launched a two-person crew to the International Space Station, the start of a mission to bring home two NASA astronauts stuck in orbit after flying on Boeing Co.’s Starliner spacecraft.

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will round Earth mid-month, but an astronaut on the International ... show the bright comet against a dark, starry background. Earth's glow is visible as a curve in some ...

Can astronauts cast a ballot from orbit ... While the majority of states currently allow it with no restrictions, others require a specific reason. The shift came amid the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Father of Israeli hostage calls on Netanyahu to make a deal for hostages in Gaza ...

China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s expected to be a landmark ...

Hague and Gorbunov will now not only to relieve Crew-8, but have arrived on the vehicle that is intended to at long last bring home the Starliner astronauts ... set to lift of no earlier than ...

SpaceX has launched its mission to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) since June. The Dragon capsule, which has two empty seats for Butch Wilmore and Suni ...

Crew-11 will then perform the next space station rotation no earlier than July, NASA added in the update. The four-astronaut crew for that mission has not yet been announced. Crew-9 is expected to ...

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two astronauts who have been stuck on board the International Space Station since December. A Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA's Nick Hague and Russia's ...

Crew-9's Crew Dragon capsule, named Freedom, docked with the ISS today at 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT). The hatches between the two spacecraft are expected to open around 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT), and ISS ...