Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

NASA's Space Shuttle Program, which ran from 1981 to 2011, was a complex and ambitious project that pushed the boundaries of ...

Just a week after their unprecedented return to Earth following a medical issue onboard the International Space Station, the ...

Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff while carrying seven people, including "Teacher in Space" participant Christa McAuliffe. Nobody survived the launch on Jan. 28, 1986 from NASA's Kennedy ...

Purdue University is a leading institution in space exploration, including human spaceflight, planetary science, astronautical engineering, and more. Establishing interdisciplinary connections between ...

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

A NASA astronaut on the ISS captured the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 2, a mission that aims to bring four ...

In 2026, astronauts will travel around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, powerful new space telescopes will prepare to survey billions of galaxies, and multiple nations will launch ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

Space exploration has always carried a sense of wonder. Rockets, distant planets, the promise of discovery beyond Earth.

The former ISS commander said the crew’s evacuation of the space station left him feeling more confident about human space ...