The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

That said, we know for sure that one person has taken alcohol into space, before drinking it on the Moon. During Apollo 11, ...

Here's a look at some others who found themselves stuck in space — by choice or not — along with some cool spaceflight ...

At the age of 46, he launched to the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-6 on Aug. 29, 1988—16 years after becoming a Soviet cosmonaut in 1972. He was accompanied by fellow Soviet cosmonaut ...

for a stay at the Soviet Union’s space station, Mir. While Mr. Krikalev was orbiting the earth, the Soviet Union disbanded, and he was asked to extend his stay by almost five months, in part ...

While stranded, Wilmore and Williams will have been providing vital data to help measure the impacts of prolonged stays – ...

The SpaceX Dragon capsule, designated Endurance, autonomously docked to the forward docking port of the ISS U.S. segment's ...

Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov spent 14 ½ months aboard the Mir space station in the mid-1990s. He volunteered for it. As a physician, he wanted to observe the changes in the human body and ...