Exploration has never been a safe occupation. For every significant discovery, there has been sacrifice by those seeking out ...

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have arrived to a political maelstrom where the president falsely says they were "virtually abandoned" by the Biden administration.

Although none of the crew got hurt, the accident underscored the difficulty and safety risks of providing astronauts with a continuous supply of oxygen throughout their time in orbit. Similar to ...

Jemison was part of the first group of astronauts chosen after the Challenger accident in 1987. During her eight-day mission on Endeavour in 1992, she became the first woman of color to travel to ...

which imposes a range of duties on states to render assistance to each others’ astronauts in cases of emergency, accident or distress. For the ISS, a collaborative space programme with ...

Philips is one of four astronauts on the Fram2 mission ... the rocket must fly extremely south — over Cuba. After an accident during a satellite launch in late 1960 caused a Thor rocket to ...

Both NASA and private SpaceX astronauts have been wearing them during missions aboard the company’s Dragon capsule since 2020. (If the suits look like something out of a sci-fi movie, that is no ...

Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is on her way ... when the shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. The accident occurred just 16 minutes before landing, killing ...

There have had many films made about male astronauts, and I was very surprised ... flight after NASA lost the whole crew in the Columbia accident. Her being a woman is only part of the story ...

The two stranded NASA astronauts are finally on the way back ... fearing a catastrophic accident could occur. As for whether Boeing's propulsion issues have been resolved, 'I would say no ...