Its predawn touchdown at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California was not announced until hours after the fact. Photos ...

The International Space Station, which has been orbiting Earth since 1998, will be visible in parts of Iowa during February.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut ...

As part of NASA's International Art and Poetry Contest, Aurora art teacher Thad McCauley entered and later learned he won.

NASA's International Space Station (ISS) is a marvel of engineering, housing advanced scientific research and highlighting ...

An astronaut who spent 178 days in space has revealed the 'big lie' he discovered while he was up there. Former NASA ...

The International Space Station may be too sterile – and the astronauts on board could benefit from it being a little dirtier ...

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The space station orbits 240 miles above Earth. The Moon is 1,000 times farther from Earth than the space station. Mars is on average 140 million miles from Earth. Mars, astronauts must be able to ...

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There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere.

Earth orbits around the sun at a speed of 67,100 ... If they're sending humans to the International Space Station (ISS), for example, the preferred location to do so is close to the equator.