NASA astronaut Michael Barratt (left) and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata perform a check of the SPHERES robots. Researchers also used the Astrobees to show that models to predict the robots' behavior ...

Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-20 space mission (left to right) Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui, and Chen Dong wave during a departure ceremony before boarding a bus to take them to the Shenzhou-20 ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is still going strong thanks to an amazing design, operations and science team — and a cadre of spacewalking astronauts. Hubble launched to Earth orbit 35 years ago ...

Hong Kong’s first astronaut could start serving on missions as early as next year, the national space agency said on Wednesday. The China Manned Space Agency picked the Hongkonger in June last ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is heading to space in late May aboard the Axiom-4 mission to carry out experiments at the International Space Station. Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will ...

Astronaut Onishi Takuya has taken charge as the third Japanese ... The two earlier Japanese commanders of the ISS were Wakata Koichi and Hoshide Akihiko. S/ Onishi Takuya, ISS Commander / I think this ...

Astronaut Don Pettit being carried to a medical tent shortly after landing in Kazakhstan. NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month ...

It was Don Pettit's 4th spaceflight, with over 18 months spent in orbit during his career NASA astronaut Don Pettit (C) being carried to a medical tent shortly after he, and Roscosmos cosmonauts ...

Onishi is the third Japanese astronaut to command the ISS, following Koichi Wakata in 2014 and Akihiko Hoshide in 2021. Alexey Ovchinin, an astronaut from Russia, handed over command of the ISS to ...

India's space program is gaining momentum with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla's upcoming trip to the ISS as part of the Axiom-4 mission, marking the second Indian in space. Following this ...

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls 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.

Ovchinin and two other astronauts will depart the ISS aboard a Soyuz space ... moon as the centerpiece of the U.S.-led Artemis lunar exploration program. Japan's Koichi Wakata commanded the ISS in ...