In the vast silence of space, where every second counts and precision isn't just a luxury—it's survival—astronauts have long ...

Malaysia has closed the anchorage and lay-up area at Tompok Utara near the eastern entrance of the Singapore Strait, said the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) in an advisory on 31 July. The ...

Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau operates a space shuttle's Canadian-built robot arm during the STS-97 space station assembly mission in December 2000. Credit: NASA Marc Garneau, who put Canada into ...

On Jan. 24, 1985, space shuttle Discovery took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on STS-51C, the first space shuttle mission entirely dedicated to the Department of Defense (DOD).

The 13th flight of the space shuttle program and the sixth of Challenger, STS-41G holds many distinctions. As the first mission focused almost entirely on flight of the space shuttle program and the ...

The 13th flight of the space shuttle program and the sixth of Challenger, STS-41G holds many distinctions. As the first mission focused almost entirely on studying the Earth, it deployed a satellite, ...

Former NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was the pilot on the first mission to launch seven people into space, has died at the age of 80. McBride's death on Wednesday (Aug. 7) was confirmed to ...

McBride was the 13th person to fly as the pilot on a NASA space shuttle mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Former NASA ...

A Canadian robot arm on the International Space Station is days from a big milestone. Cygnus will launch to the ISS no earlier than 11:29 a.m. EDT (0329 GMT) on Aug. 3, and you can watch the mission ...

Two astronauts are set to be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame on Saturday, joining an ever-growing group of space explorers recognized for their achievements in space exploration. What started ...