The life of an astronaut may sound like a glamorous career but it requires a lot of hard work and sacrifice. They have to spend weeks...
SpaceX Starship launches successfully from Texas base SpaceX’s unmanned Starship was successfully launched into space after three previous attempts to launch the rocket. SpaceX’s plan to...
There are plenty of Lego sets that feature astronauts, but now there are Lego bricks made out of the stuff that astronauts find out there in...
WASHINGTON — As NASA grapples with more spacesuit problems on the International Space Station, the company it selected to develop replacement suits says it is pulling...
In addition to raising these legal and ethical quandaries, the Apollo waste bags have also inspired exciting scientific questions. How long did those bagged microbes last...
Clearing the heavens of space junk Clearing the heavens of space junk 06:17 A Florida family whose house was hit by a chunk of space junk...
Traveling to space should be an eye-opening experience, one that gives you a new perspective of humanity and its place in the cosmos. But while you...
Research finds bodies in space were stressed and showed dramatic signs of aging during the journey. But 95% of the indicators studied returned to normal within...
EDUCATION Virginia Tech has announced changes to strengthen alignment of its Washington, D.C. area communications and marketing work. Shannon Andrea has been named director of communications...
Indian-origin Sunita Williams is all set to embark on her third journey to space on Saturday. Williams will pilot Boeing’s Starliner first crewed spacecraft to the...
Earlier this month, NASA announced it was funding a revolutionary high-thrust rocket — called a Pulsed Plasma Rocket — that could make crewed missions to Mars...
Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their...