In the past, spaceflight was the preserve of government-funded astronauts who had to meet stringent physical, cognitive, psychological and social requirements for selection. But in recent years ...

They’re outer this world. It’s been almost six months since technical issues stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams onboard the International Space Station. Since their ...

In June, the two NASA astronauts landed on the ISS. In September, their defective Boeing Starliner capsule returned to Earth without them for safety reasons. The Starliner returned alone to White ...

In space, hundreds of miles above Earth, NASA astronauts on the International Space Station are voting in the 2024 presidential election. There are four Americans currently aboard the orbiting ...

Four astronauts were hospitalized after returning to Earth from an eight-month mission to the International Space Station, and one of them was kept overnight in stable condition. Three NASA ...

The crew completed a 235-day mission into space. A NASA astronaut who experienced a "medical issue" following the successful Space X Crew-8 mission has been released from the hospital, NASA ...

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been on the International Space Station for 20 weeks. They were only supposed to be there for eight days. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist ...

Astronauts have voted in U.S. elections since 1997 when the Texas Legislature passed a bill that allowed NASA astronauts to cast ballots from orbit. Just like any other voter, astronauts can fill ...

A NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. NASA's Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia's ...

A NASA astronaut who just returned from the International Space Station has been hospitalized for an unspecified medical condition but remains stable, the US space agency said Friday. The four ...