"The last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have 'demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to ...

A veteran NASA astronaut from Oregon who flew to orbit more than seven months ago with two Russians is preparing to return to Earth. Don Pettit, who arrived Sept. 11, 2024, for his fourth-ever ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday ...

Announcing a timeline for what will be a huge milestone in India's space journey, the Centre has said Gaganyatri, or astronaut-designate, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will fly to the ...

An American astronaut has reached the International Space Station with two Russians to begin an eight-month orbital mission. Jonny Kim, who was selected as a NASA astronaut in 2017, arrived early ...

China's Shenzhou-20 mission, led by veteran astronaut Chen Dong, is set to launch on Thursday, marking another step in their lunar ambitions. Chen, along with astronauts Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong thanks to an amazing design, operations and science team — and a cadre of spacewalking astronauts. Hubble launched to Earth orbit 35 years ago ...

Astronaut Don Pettit will host a live conference on April 28 to discuss his 220-day mission on the International Space Station (ISS), where he conducted vital research, including 3D printing in ...

NASA photographer Josh Valcarcel captured Zena Cardman in a pose evocative of one of the first female astronaut's portraits. NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, who is assigned to fly to the ...

Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-20 space mission (left to right) Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui, and Chen Dong wave during a departure ceremony before boarding a bus to take them to the Shenzhou-20 ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will return to Earth this evening (April 19), and you can watch their homecoming live. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Pettit ...