Retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau describes the time he picked up a spinning satellite in space known as ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Media are invited to a photo opportunity at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A at 6 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 22. Space shuttle Endeavour’s payload for the STS-134 ...

Astronauts have begun training for the STS-108/Utilization Flight-1 mission to rotate International Space Station crews and to deliver experiments and scientific racks for the station’s U.S.

On Sept. 19, 1996, the Space Shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia's Mir space station to deliver supplies and equipment.

On July 23, 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched into orbit to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory. This space telescope can detect X-ray radiation emitted by things in the universe that are hot ...

McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at ...

In 1978 Nasa announced 35 new astronauts for a new era of spaceflight – and six of them were women. Here's how the Space Shuttle programme chipped away at one of Nasa's blind spots.

Happy Birthday Tracy!!!! And in honor of your birthday today, as you begin your 91st orbit in space, the ISS will begin its 50,000th orbit (since FEL). This corresponds to ISS traveling about 2.1 ...

PEMBROKE — The first Native American to go to space shared stories from his life and career Thursday as John Herrington spoke ...

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joseph “Ben” Bailey was officially announced as a member of NASA’s newest astronaut ...

From foxholes to flying helicopters in combat, and even to floating labs in space, when the U.S. Army needs unmatched ...

According to NASA, Northrop Grumman named the spacecraft the S.S. William “Willie” McCool, in memory of the pilot of the ...