In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...

Astronauts working on the ISS usually get 8 hours of sleep after a 16-hour work day. They also get a sleep mask and earplugs to cancel out any distractions. Though they typically ...

The American astronaut departed the ISS on Friday with Aleksey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner. Shortly before his departure from the space station some 250 miles above Earth, Pettit mused about what it ...

Jansen said some people 'strap their arms down' to avoid the zombie pose - which makes me think of those cute viral videos of ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year for people on Earth and astronauts on the International Space Station. While astronauts floating 250 miles above Earth in the Space Station won't be able ...

Astronaut Don Pettit ... pains" that tend to arise while on Earth, he said. He never woke up with a knot in his neck or shoulder because "you're just floating," he said, never stuck in an ...

NASA's oldest active-duty astronaut has returned to Earth after spending more than ... in space makes him feel 30 years old again. "You're floating, and your body, all these little aches and ...