In 1984, NASA sent five astronauts on a first-of-its-kind mission to rescue two satellites and deploy another two, in a ...

Nearly five-month mission concludes as agency continues its human presence on the International Space Station.

Many people have looked Death in the eye sockets and survived to tell others about it, but few situations speak as much to the imagination as situations where there’s absolutely zero ...

REDMOND, Wash. — NASA officials visited Redmond Monday to celebrate the local engineers and technicians playing a pivotal role in America’s next lunar mission. The agency is recognizing the ...

A shift has taken place in our society away from Olympic athletes and astronauts toward reality TV stars and social media ...

Several weeks into their mission, four members of the crew on the International Space Station remained motionless while ultrasound probes mapped the paths of blood in their necks, shoulders, and legs.

Following the death of Ohio-born astronaut Jim Lovell, here's a look at the many other Buckeye State space travelers and ...

Four astronauts splashed down off the coast of San Diego after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to ...

Life as an astronaut is dangerous, to say the least — but what are the invisible threats posed by the deepest reaches of outer space?

The press called them The Next Nine--as in the nine fellows to follow the Mercury Seven into the great space race that captured a whole generation's imagination. Jim Lovell didn't pass the health test ...

To bridge that gap, NASA is partnering with Google to test an A.I. medical assistant for long-duration missions. Known as the ...

Despite journeys around the moon and becoming one of the nation’s most-acclaimed astronauts, he was just a regular guy.