US former NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham, 60, who waited for nearly 20 years ahead of her 2006 space mission, says space tourists may be able to weekend in orbit in just five years' time.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams opens up to PEOPLE about spending 9 months in space, what she missed the most and her ...

Joan Higginbotham became the third African American woman to go into space in December 2006 after waiting almost two decades ...

Life on the International Space Station isn't always easy. There's not a lot of room, no showers, and no laundry. Photos show ...

In a preview of their flight, the crew of Artemis II, three Americans and a Canadian, struck a tone that veered away from the ...

NASA is collaborating with the Colorado Army National Guard at its training center in Gypsum to help Artemis astronauts ...

When Williams, 59, first set out on her third mission to space on June 5, 2024, she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore ... Something else she's been able to do back home that she really missed in ...

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower ...

On this month’s episode of The Sky Above, host Leah Pezzetti discusses upcoming astronomical events and also the race to space.

The IMAP mission will play a part in the Artemis moon missions; Three craft were launched for these three missions: IMAP, ...

Since astronauts are chosen for physical health, the chances of a heart attack case are pretty low, but as the cost of space travel continues to drop radically, more members of the general public will ...

The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...