The full moon is an ethereal lantern dancing with Earth in NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers' snapshots from the International Space Station. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two Russian cosmonauts landed safely in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz spacecraft on Sunday ...

Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 ...

"The last FAA guidelines under the Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program were clear: Crewmembers who travel into space must have 'demonstrated activities during flight that were essential to ...

A veteran NASA astronaut who flew to orbit more than seven months ago with two Russians is preparing to return to Earth. Don Pettit, who arrived Sept. 11, 2024 for his third-ever stint at the ...

But does she now count as an astronaut? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines astronaut as "a person whose profession is to travel beyond the earth's atmosphere." But on a different, broader ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Jonny Kim safely arrived on a Russian spacecraft at the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, hours after taking off from ...

Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s latest call for proposals to conduct private astronaut missions to the International Space Station opens the door to having those missions commanded by someone ...

There's no place like home. That's what astronaut and Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams hinted at during a press conference on Monday. Williams and astronaut Butch Wilmore recently returned ...

Shohei Ohtani may be the best two-way baseball player on planet Earth, but an astronaut who hails from the same country has the Los Angeles Dodgers star beat in outer space. Koichi Wakata ...

COMMUNITY. KCCI IS ALYSSA GOMEZ SPOKE WITH LEGENDARY IOWA ASTRONAUT PEGGY WHITSON ABOUT HER RECORD BREAKING CAREER AND HER IOWA ROOTS, AND HER UPCOMING MISSION. THREE TWO. BRISTOL MISSION AND LIFTOFF.

US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months for what was supposed to be a 10-day trip — are finally earthbound.