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Popular Science predicted luxury space vacations by 2007. We got ahead of ourselves.

A tradition borrowed from the Russian space program has physically crossed over to an U.S. spacecraft. The "zero-g indicator" that launched on SpaceX's Crew-...

Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.

On Feb. 3, 1994, space shuttle Discovery took off on its 18th flight, STS-60. Its six-person crew of Commander Charles F. Bolden, Pilot Kenneth S. Reightler,

NASA and the White House say an international astronaut will be invited on a future moon landing

Aleksandra Stankovic is an aerospace psychologist and spaceflight biomedical researcher who studies how to optimize human performance and behavioral health in extreme operational environments. In this article, she describes how a person gets ready to travel to space.

China's Shenzhou 16 astronauts conducted an eye-raising experiment in space involving open flames aboard the Tiangong space station.

His mission was originally supposed to last six months.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is finishing up the longest single flight in U.S. space history at 371 days.

Fungi piggybacking on space missions is dangerous to astronaut health and spacecraft equipment, but studying its behavior is also useful for long-term space ...

On Sept. 26, 1983, the yacht Australia II won the America's Cup from the United States, ending the longest winning streak in sports -- 132 years.

NASA astronaut Frank Rubio spoke from the International Space Station on Sept. 19 just ahead of his record-breaking year in space mission date on Sept. 21...

NASA says 18 Black astronauts have been to space so far, and more are scheduled to reach the final frontier soon.

India has soft-landed a probe on the moon, just days after Russia failed. "Since the dawn of the space race, the biggest motivation by far has been enhancing...

While NASA prepares to launch its lunar space station, other groups are working to ensure we still have an off-world home closer to Earth.

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are powerful eruptions on the sun that can disrupt electrical systems and produce brilliant auroral displays on Earth. The post What are coronal mass ejections? Strong eruptions on the sun first appeared on EarthSky.

With the station's completion, the country now has a long-term platform in orbit.

The final module of China's Tiangong space station successfully docked with the core structure on Tuesday, state media said—a key step in its completion by year's end and a landmark moment in the country's space ambitions.

For the first time in 20 years, a Russian cosmonaut rocketed from the U.S. on Wednesday, launching to the International Space Station alongside NASA and...

SpaceX's next astronaut launch for NASA will have a Russian cosmonaut in one of the four seats, during a tense time for the International Space Station.