After the arrival of the MS-28 spacecraft on Nov. 27, all eight docking ports on the International Space Station (ISS) were ...

Kim officially became an astronaut in 2017. Expedition 72 and Expedition 73 marked Kim’s first visit to the ISS, where he ...

NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars ...

The comet is the third object ever confirmed to have entered our cosmic neighborhood from elsewhere in the galaxy. Space ...

“The rise of Arab astronauts, or najmonauts, reinforces the region’s historic achievements and endless aspirations for future ...

A memo sent by the Smithsonian said transporting Discovery could swell in price and result in irreparable damage to the space shuttle. On paper, it reads like a riddle: How do you transport a 120-foot ...

Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in space after their shuttle was used to cart another group back to Earth, leaving them in the dust. Astronauts Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang, all with the ...

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When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...

Texas lawmakers have demanded the Discovery shuttle be moved to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, but daunting technical challenges remain—and Virginia officials have dug in against the move. The ...

The Boeing 747 has taken many forms in its decades of service. First introduced in 1970, the Queen of the Skies has flown for airlines all over the world. It has also had a handful of side gigs over ...