Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and fellow NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore are set to return to Earth after a prolonged ...

Mike Mullane, author of "Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut." As a 12-year-old, he watched the Sputnik launch, and that was when he decided to work in the space ...

Humans will likely set foot on the moon again in the coming decade. While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ago, others may look ...

Astronaut selection criteria currently prioritize ... Design and development of spacecraft can cost billions of dollars. Simple adaptations, such as adding handholds onto the walls in a spacecraft ...