In 2011, the 30-year space shuttle program ended as Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. With five shuttles ...

Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot ...

Learn key facts about the Moon: from its significant distance and relative size compared to Earth to its distinctive color ...

Experience the Moon illusion, a captivating phenomenon where the Moon looms larger near the horizon—a trick played by our ...

This striking astronaut photo shows one of Russia's deepest lakes sandwiched between two halves of a volcano as its surface was transformed into a reflective sea of swirling clouds thanks to a ...

The research will form part of the precious cargo aboard NASA's Artemis III mission, slated to launch mid-2027. When astronauts are orbiting earth, it's often not chocolate or biscuits they crave ...

This worked well for Apollo and low Earth orbit because the sun angle was managed by mission planning and astronaut self-positioning; helmet design alone addressed all vision challenges.

International Space Station (ISS) astronauts spend the winter holiday season orbiting hundreds of miles above family and friends. But that’s not enough to kill the holiday spirit. “It’s a ...

Every year, the International Space Station produces some of the world's best photography. Astronauts tend to be technically skilled with a camera, yes. Many of them are engineers, after all.

The sight of astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore celebrating Christmas aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with Santa hats, Christmas tree and festive decorations sparked a flurry ...

The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two ... hats and wished their families the best from hundreds of miles above sea level as their tenure, which is likely to keep them in Earth’s orbit ...

Yes, that’s how many images the NASA astronaut captured during his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), which ended in October. NASA remarked on how Dominick’s imagery ...