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John Grunsfeld has a model of the Hubble Space Telescope on his bookshelf. It's right next to a model of a NASA space shuttle ...
"I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good," Pettit told reporters during a press conference from NASA's Johnson ...
“Going to a theater, with that large of a screen, really makes you feel like you’re part of it, and I think that’s what was ...
Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998. But he’d been gone from NASA ...
At 70, Don Pettit defied age by completing a seven-month mission on the ISS, finding weightlessness rejuvenated him. Despite ...
Bruce McCandless II. Photo: NASA NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II stepped away from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Feb. 7, 1984, using a jet-powered backpack called the Manned Manoeuvring Unit ...
The new documentary, SALLY reveals Sally Ride's 27-year partnership with Tam O’Shaughnessy — who tells the full story of the ...
Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...