An astronaut shot the photo at approximately 7:37 p.m. local time. Night Lights The shuttle astronauts' overhead view also lets them see the signatures of Earth's lit-up cities at night.

The Crew Dragon "Freedom" splashes down in the Atlantic Ocean east of Jacksonville, bringing four astronauts back to Earth after a 170-day stay in space. Bill Ingalls/NASA ...

How Astronauts Land Space Shuttles: A Reporter's Back Seat View CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. – As a journalist you become used to, comfortable even, with covering events from the periphery, from the outside.

A night-time view from the International Space Station. NASA. It’s all a bit lovey-dovey, but astronauts who have gone to orbit over the last half-century have made it clear that seeing our ...

On August 2nd, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley returned to Earth inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. Their landing concludes their historic mission on ...