NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years. The dress rehearsal that ...

An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation.SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle ...

Some space explorers missed immortality by inches. A Soviet cosmonaut nearly walked on the Moon first while Alan Shepard launched just 23 days after Gagarin stole the spotlight. The heartbreak of ...

If all goes according to plan, four astronauts are set to become the first humans to travel past the confines of our planet’s gravity well to the Moon in over half a century. NASA is hoping to launch ...

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump's NASA administrator, making an advocate of Mars missions and a former associate of ...

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave Earth, changing history in a single orbit... Trump’s pardon of convicted woman is the second time he’s erased her sentence in a criminal case ...

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha (D) on Monday said the FBI “got over their skis” after a person was arrested and then released in connection with a shooting at Brown University on Saturday ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After 245 days in orbit aboard the International Space Station ...

A new book explores the experiences of all 61 U.S. women astronauts Valerie Neal NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins sequences DNA aboard the International Space Station for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was removed last week from February's planned Crew 12 mission after being accused of taking photos ...

The recent launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has caused significant damage to Russia's only launch pad capable of sending humans into space. When ...

Russia sent three astronauts into space on Thursday, but damaged its launchpad during liftoff. The pad, Russia's only site for crewed launches, appears to have lost its service bay. Official footage ...