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 ...

A drawing by Johns Island artist Rebecca Waechter is out of this world. Literally. NASA astronauts displayed her custom work ...

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

A Pakistani astronaut will become the first foreign national aboard China’s Tiangong space station, as Beijing steps up space ...

Don Pettit's birthday "party" brought together Russian recovery teams in Kazakhstan, where it was April 20 (his birthdate).

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner successfully departed the International ...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a ...

alongside the International Space Station, launched in 1998. Since it started operating in 2021, it has only hosted Chinese astronauts. The mission is “a significant step in the ...

NASA's oldest active astronaut has redefined traveling "home" for your birthday, landing from the International Space Station on the same day that he turned 70. Don Pettit touched down on Saturday ...

China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space ...

NASA astronaut discusses his mission aboard the International Space Station Watch live as NASA astronaut Don Pettit discusses ...