When rockets were first launched into space, beginning in 1957 and occurring with increasing frequency through the 1960s, the area around earth...
Somewhere on Earth, there’s a woman who probably thinks she was prank called after Timothy Peake, a 43-year-old astronaut with the European Space...
After 141 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Expedition 45 crew has returned to Earth. The three astronauts–NASA’s Kjell Lindgren,...
After multiple postponements attributed to bad weather, the Cygnus spacecraft has finally blasted off aboard an Atlas V rocket to rendezvous with...
Living in space may not include all of the amenities we’re accustomed to down on Earth, but that certainly doesn’t mean astronauts...
NASA has confirmed that SpaceX, the private space company, will be granted a contract to create spaceships to fly astronauts to the International Space...
Private spaceflight company SpaceX has received its first orders from NASA after signing a contract guaranteeing them and Boeing alike between two...
A study contucted by Virginia Wotring of the Center for Space Medicine and Department of Pharmacology at Baylor College of Medicine in...
A Russian Progress supply ship docked at the International Space Station (ISS) Thursday evening just six hours after launch from Kazakhstan. The...
Three crewmembers will leave the International Space Station this Friday, September 11, NASA announced in a press release. NASA Television will broadcast...
Scott Kelly, a NASA astronaut on a one year long space mission, shared some awe-inspiring footage of his view of aurora borealis...
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station sampled a special treat on Monday – lettuce. The lettuce is part of a crop...
NASA spaceflight veteran Scott Kelly took some time out on Saturday to answer questions on Twitter. After inviting followers to join him for...
In late June, Kennedy Space Center had plans to send the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) in...
While NASA looks towards a manned mission to Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to make history without traveling to another...
Today, the International Space Station (ISS) relocated a storage module to make room for an additional docking port intended for commercial spacecraft...
Russian space agency Roscosmos has written off their $50 billion spacecraft, known as Progress 59, and its payload after several failed attempts...
Astronauts were evacuated from the U.S. side of the International Space Station on Wednesday after onboard readings indicated an ammonia leak, although...
Since the International Space Station, or ISS, now has a 3-D printer with them in space, NASA can now make things they...
An unmanned cargo rocket loaded with supplies for the International Space Station exploded just seconds after liftoff on Tuesday. The Antares rocket,...