Ever wonder what it's like to snooze in zero gravity or why you shouldn't sneeze during a space walk? CNET's Bonnie Burton chats with author Ariel Waldman about the out-of-this-world anecdotes from ...

The new series "The Right Stuff" based on the book debuts on Disney Plus today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Four-time space ...

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti is not just a space traveler, she's apparently also a bibliophile who can't bear to be apart from her books, even while living off planet Earth. To show her ...

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When astronaut Chris Hadfield recorded videos from the International Space Station showing how to brush your teeth in space -- and make a sandwich and wring out a washcloth -- they were successful.

In "An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth," Chris Hadfield shares what he learned from flying in space. Astronaut Chris Hadfield is embarking on another mission around the planet. This time however, ...

NEW YORK – The American heroes of the space race are well-known: Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and more. But less well-known are a second set of heroes that are only now getting their due: ...

The pioneering astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have a packed agenda during their five short days in space, but medical officer Anna Menon still found time to read to her children from orbit.

It's a New York Times best-seller, a Good Morning America Book Club pick, and what everyone on BookTok has been talking about ...

Part history, part technology and part policy analysis, Space Exploration and Astronaut Safety, a new book by Joseph N. Pelton, reviews the history of NASA’s space exploration program, its astronaut ...

“Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts” is a new book produced by NASA and Abrams Books that provides a unique perspective of the historic program that took people to the moon nearly four decades ...

In 1959, the wives of the seven original American astronauts posed for the cover of Life magazine. The space program was in its infancy, with the astronauts’ names having been announced only a few ...