If someone died on a low-Earth-orbit mission, such as aboard the International Space Station, the crew could return the body to Earth in a capsule within a matter of hours. If it happened on the Moon, ...

Peggy Whitson, an Iowa native and veteran astronaut, will command Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission, set to launch no earlier than ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 as he means to go on, with yet another stunning photograph from the space station.

The year 2025 promises to be packed with space exploration, including robotic expeditions to the moon, a new observatory and ...

Iowa native and prolific astronaut -- first with NASA for three decades and recently as director of human space flight for ...

Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. (SPCE) completed the final commercial flight of its Unity spacecraft in 2024 and is set to spend 2025 focused on its new Delta-class spaceships, which are on track for ...

In the first decades of the 21st century, NASA’s Artemis program aims to return humans to the Moon, thanks to international partnerships.

An astronaut’s snapshot reveals the colorful remnants of Iraq's Razazah Lake, with algae-rich red and green areas indicative ...

As competition in the new space race ramps up with China, the United States is preparing to deorbit the International Space ...

While privately funded programs to develop space vehicles and execute extraterrestrial missions have been in play for years, ...

The astronauts aboard the International Space Station will celebrate New Year’s a total of 16 times as the vessel hurdles ...

The radiation of high-energy protons in the South Atlantic Anomaly can cause a satellite, such as the International Space ...