The astronauts had to wait to return on one ... that was already aboard the space station and the company sent up an additional suit on a cargo delivery for Wilmore to wear. Two spacecraft are ...

Inspired by the garments worn by NASA's Mercury 7 astronauts, Barbie famously donned an astronaut suit two years after ... which went up for sale for $55 on the Mattel Creations website at ...

In space, where there is no atmosphere, the vacuum makes it impossible to breathe without a space suit or spacecraft oxygen systems. In case of emergency, astronauts have emergency oxygen tanks ...

Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here.

Early on March 19 (IST), a SpaceX capsule bearing astronauts Sunita Williams ... Wilmore were wrapping up a nine-month stay on the ISS, which they reached in June last year onboard Boeing ...

The contraband in question was a corned-beef sandwich, and the individual behind the spaceflight stunt was the late, legendary NASA astronaut John Young. How did the space sandwich storm unfold?

"Do we ever really grow up? This makes me smile," expressed another. Koichi Wakata became the first Japanese astronaut to command the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. In 2022, he went to ...

Astronauts can lose up to 1% to 2% of bone density every month, and they are then more at risk of bone fracture and risk of early-onset osteoporosis because of spaceflight. Never miss a story ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kevin Holden Platt writes on space defense, SpaceX, ISS, Space War I ...