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When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

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18 Sept 2017 6:09 AM

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

Space travellers are relaxing in Kazakhstan

All three returning space travellers are out of their capsule and relaxing in chairs on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

4 Sept 2017 2:55 AM

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

What's on US astronaut's Peggy Whitson wish list after 9 months in...

Peggy Whitson, 57, on September 3 returned to Eart after 288-days of mission.

3 Sept 2017 4:50 AM

A record-shattering NASA astronaut Peegy Whitson, 57, touched down to Earth on Sunday, finishing a 288-day mission.

Record-shattering NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returns to Earth

A record-shattering NASA astronaut Peegy Whitson, 57, touched down to Earth on Sunday, finishing a 288-day mission.

3 Sept 2017 3:59 AM

NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson

Record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson set to return to Earth

Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long...

2 Sept 2017 7:01 AM

African-American astronauts have visited the space station, but Epps would have been the first to live there.

NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move

Astronaut Jeanette Epps would have been the first African-American to live on the International Space Station.

22 Jan 2018 3:21 AM

Young was born Sept. 24, 1930 and grew up in Orlando, Florida. (Credit:NASA).

NASA: John Young, the legendary Space Shuttle astronaut dies at 87

NASA called Young as the only agency astronaut, the first to fly into space six times.

7 Jan 2018 6:01 AM

There are six astronauts aboard the space station. (Photo: AP)

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

It was launched on February 13 from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

16 Feb 2018 2:59 AM

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

First person on Mars should be a woman, says NASA's chief astronaut...

According to Allison McIntyre, a senior NASA engineer at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, a dozen men have already...

18 April 2018 5:32 AM

Study revealed that Sperm counts in men from America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand have dropped by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA sends human sperm to space to see if astronauts can conceive in...

Carried on Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sperm will be used for experiments to see how space, low gravity affect...

12 April 2018 8:28 AM

The Institute of BioAcoustic Biology conducted an analysis of the astronauts voice patterns as they spoke about their encounters. (Photo: AP)

Buzz Aldrin confirms encounter with alien life

Apollo 11 astronaut 'passes lie detector test after recalling encounter with alien life' during historic 1969 mission to...

9 April 2018 12:56 PM

Gerst played a duet of Kraftwerks 1978 song Spacelab. (Photo: AP)

Astronaut performs with Kraftewerk from space

Video posted shows German astronaut Alexander Gerst dropping in for a live performance from the ISS.

22 July 2018 12:01 PM