When pioneering female astronaut Sally Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012, a single line in her obituary told the story a lifetime of press coverage and fame had never revealed: her 27-year ...

Indian citizen and Group Captain in the Indian Air Force, Subhanshu Shukla, successfully boarded SpaceX’s Falcon 9 as part of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) with a four-member international crew including ...

Whitson was the first female and non-military chief of NASA’s astronaut office and served as the first female commander of ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are on their way home from a nine-month space mission that was supposed to ...

With the successful launch of SpaceX's Fram2 mission on Monday night, an all-civilian crew is attempting to do what professional astronauts have never tried -- orbit the Earth from pole to pole.

Ever made an excuse to skip a gym session? Then you're probably not dreaming of going to outer space. Astronauts clock in two ...

Sally Ride is remembered for her pioneering journey into space, but a new documentary reveals another dimension of the astronaut’s story. Advertisement Ride’s life partner Tam O’Shaughnessy opens up ...

NASA via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- NASA is planning on decommissioning the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of 2030. But before that happens, Axiom Space, a privately funded space infras ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with Taylor Jenkins Reid about the lives of the first women astronauts as imagined in her new novel, "Atmosphere." ...

The Axiom Space Ax-4 mission led by record-setting Peggy Whitson making her fifth trip to space is set to launch with three men from countries that have not sent a person to space in more than four… ...

Back in June 2024, two NASA astronauts had no idea that their mission, which was supposed to take less than two weeks, would turn into a nine-month stay at the International Space Station. One ...

Elon Musk said Thursday his aerospace company SpaceX will ground Dragon, the spacecraft NASA uses to service the International Space Station amid his falling out with President Trump. “In light ...