A new commander has taken charge aboard the ISS as three crew members prepare for their return to Earth—just in time for one ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Nasa astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates arrived at the International Space Station on board a Russian spacecraft. A Soyuz booster ...

published in Nature Astronomy, coincide with the upcoming 35th anniversary of Hubble's launch. The space telescope was deployed into orbit by NASA's space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990.

Blue Origin says the mission will be the first all-female flight since the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova flew in space solo in 1963. Here's what to know about the mission, the crew and what ...

On April 7, 1983, astronauts took the first spacewalk outside of a space shuttle during mission STS-6. This was the maiden voyage of the space shuttle Challenger.

That record was set in 1963 by Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other early cosmonauts from the Soviet Union came close to this limit, as did ...

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other pioneering cosmonauts came almost as close, as did NASA shuttle astronauts in 1990. A polar orbit is ideal for climate and Earth-mapping satellites as ...

A spacecraft used to bring food, fuel and other supplies to the International Space Station has been damaged, putting future trips on hold. NASA and Northrop Grumman had planned to launch a Cygnus ...

Europe faces hurdles in achieving independent space access following geopolitical shifts. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk weighed in after Germany’s Spectrum rocket suffered a catastrophic failure ...

the final flight of space shuttle Endeavour. Throughout the past decade, Fincke has applied his expertise to NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, advancing the development and testing of the SpaceX Dragon ...