Some objects were placed in space on purpose, symbolic gestures meant to inspire or amuse. Others were lost by accident, ...

SEATTLE — Nicole Stott, a retired NASA astronaut, thought she was going to do one visit at a children's hospital to talk about art and space, but its impact inspired her to make it her new mission.

Maybe you get an image of people floating inside the space station, or food flying around. But in reality, it’s also a complex and dangerous job, filled with many responsibilities.

In all, the two stranded astronaut unwillingly traveled a total of 121,347,491 miles (195,289,856 km) during their mission, spread over 4,576 orbits around Earth, and spent a total of 286 days in ...

After all, in both places, you’re floating—though in the water because you’re buoyant and in space because there’s no gravity—and in neither can you simply call it a day, throw off your ...

Laurel Clark's family chose a Harris' hawk image to help memorialize her because the birds often work in teams of seven — like the space shuttle team of astronauts.

An astronaut mom of two on the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission made the most of her trip to the stars this week when, between her research work, she also read a bedtime story — while floating in ...