While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

Senate Bill 1 passed the Republican-led Ohio General Assembly after a lengthy and passionate debate delving into the issues ...

In one of the most politicized and closely-followed space missions, Sunita Williams, an astronaut of Indian descent, spent ...

Extended stays in space like that of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the 'stranded' astronauts at the International Space Station for nine months, are very valuable for devising systems to protect ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore – back to Earth after equipment malfunctions saw their intended week-long sojourn to space ...

But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...

Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...

After the end of the space shuttle program, NASA turned to private companies to fill the gap. That isn't working out for the ...

There are multiple factors driving the excitement and scientific investment in space travel — our innate urge to know the ...

Wilmore and Massachusetts native Williams returned Tuesday after being stuck on the International Space Station ( ISS) for nearly 300 days. The Dragon, carrying Williams, Wilmore, NASA astronaut Nick ...

Astronaut and Massachusetts native Sunita L. Williams is back home after being stranded on the International Space Station ...