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

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

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 ...

A veteran NASA astronaut just back from the International Space Station believes the orbiting facility can operate well past ...

ESA's state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the ...

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.

Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...

The Starlink 12-23 mission took off at 10:09 p.m. Sunday, April 27, from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 after being moved ...