Terry Virts, a retired US astronaut, has called for scaling back joint missions with Russia on the International Space ...

In December 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope launched aboard the Ariane 5 rocket, marking a historic moment for astronomy ...

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

Did you know that on a clear night, it’s possible to see the International Space Station (ISS) when it passes overhead? Sunlight reflecting off the habitable satellite causes it to shine brightly as ...

NASA and SpaceX’s Crew-10 astronauts will arrive at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, March 7, to prepare for their flight to the International Space Station ... low Earth-orbit and benefit ...

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A cutaway diagram of the Venera 8 landing capsule ... Kosmos-482 was launched on March 31, 1972, but became stranded in Earth’s orbit after one of its rocket boosters shut down prematurely.

A University of Colorado Boulder research center focused on studying Earth life in space marked its 100th launch into orbit on Monday ... to the International Space Station, which is a home ...

Four NASA astronauts who recently returned to Earth from a mission aboard the International Space Station will take part this week in a welcome-home ceremony at NASA's space center in Texas.

A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew ... and we fly polar because, in an ISS-like orbit, we are unable to see where we live.

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions ... microgravity aboard the International Space Station, Fram2 marks the first ...

Ahead of the crew is 3-5 days aboard the Dragon in low-Earth orbit, where they will seek ... regions invisible to astronauts on the International Space Station, but to see them from a spacecraft ...