Peggy Whitson, 57, on September 3 returned to Eart after 288-days of mission.
03 Sep 2017 10:20 AM
A record-shattering NASA astronaut Peegy Whitson, 57, touched down to Earth on Sunday, finishing a 288-day mission.
03 Sep 2017 9:29 AM
Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long mission.
02 Sep 2017 12:31 PM
The men will join two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut already aboard the station, a project of 15 nations.
29 Jul 2017 8:34 AM
Dust and tiny rocks that famed astronaut collected are worth an estimated $2million to $4million.
13 Jul 2017 1:21 PM
This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station.
30 Jun 2017 4:16 PM
Pesquet and Novitskiy arrived at the station on November 20 for a six-month mission with American Peggy Whitson.
03 Jun 2017 8:04 AM
Pesquet, 39, and Novitskiy, 45, are due to quit the ISS on Friday morning for a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft
02 Jun 2017 8:40 AM
China is testing the ability for future astronauts to stay on the moon for extended periods
11 May 2017 9:49 AM
The ISS commander surpassed the record of 534 days, two hours and 48 minutes for most accumulated time in orbit by an American.
24 Apr 2017 7:46 PM
A Russian and an American blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
20 Apr 2017 5:14 PM
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko
11 Apr 2017 7:40 AM
For Whitson, 57, it was her second stint in charge of the $100 billion station, a multinational project.
10 Apr 2017 8:38 AM
An international team of astronomers observed the most distant object ever.
09 Mar 2017 9:39 AM
In 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia was re-entering Earth's atmosphere, it burnt and disintegrated into pieces killing everyone on board.
01 Feb 2017 8:48 PM
Scientists studied the genetic differences between astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent nearly a year in space, and his identical twin Mark.
28 Jan 2017 3:57 PM
Cernan was commander of Nasa’s Apollo 17 mission and on his third space flight when he set foot on the lunar surface.
18 Jan 2017 2:36 AM
Cernan was the spacecraft commander of Apollo 17.
17 Jan 2017 7:29 AM
Piers Sellers died in Houston of pancreatic cancer, NASA said in a statement.
24 Dec 2016 1:06 PM