Astronauts

Space group lodges ‘first space protest’ against Trump

WASHINGTON: The first protest of its kind has taken place in space when an astronaut group… Read More

US astronauts engage in spacewalk to upgrade ISS

WASHINGTON: Two American astronauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Friday to work on… Read More

Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS

BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN:Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut soared into orbit in a Soyuz spacecraft… Read More

Apollo astronauts have greater heart risk: study

PARIS: NASA's Apollo astronauts, the only humans to have travelled beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere, die… Read More

Three astronauts touch down after 6 months in space

MOSCOW: A three-man crew, including British astronaut Tim Peake, landed in the Kazakh steppe on Saturday… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg streams live chat with men in space

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg took the leading social network on a new journey Wednesday,… Read More

NASA inflates spare room in space

WASHINGTON: NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space… Read More

China aims for manned moon landing within 20 years

BEIJING: China wants to put astronauts on the moon by 2036, the latest goal in… Read More

Spacewalking astronauts rigging station for new US space taxis

CAPE CANAVERAL: A pair of U.S. astronauts floated outside the International Space Station on Saturday… Read More

Europe set for launch of "space plane" prototype

PARIS: Engineers were preparing for the launch Wednesday of a "space plane" that Europe hopes… Read More

Space taxi design review completed by Boeing

WASHNGTON: Boeing Co has completed a key review of its design for a new commercial… Read More