Pettit made a name for himself as an astrophotographer after sharing his image 'Lightning Bugs' in 2012 showing beautiful ...

By switching the next space station crew to a different ferry ship, the Starliner astronauts will get home a bit earlier than ...

The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility," explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western ...

The winners of the second annual International Space Art and Poetry Contest were chosen out of 2,700 entries from 35 ...

Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams says she and crewmate Butch Wilmore have not been "abandoned" in space, as NASA considers ...

U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, the Mission commander, who has a doctorate in biochemistry, is taking the necklace that she ...

Educational Background: Most astronauts have a strong academic foundation in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM). A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is the minimum requirement ...

NASA has affirmed a plan it set last year to work with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in returning two astronauts from the International Space Station, saying it will do so “as soon as practical,” the ...

There it goes. OK. At the 3 hour and 50 minute mark of today's spacewalk, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams successfully removed the radio frequency group off of the external ...

A study from the Université de Montréal reveals that 70% of astronauts experience vision changes. This condition, called spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), poses risks for deep ...