Don Pettit, NASA's oldest active astronaut, marked his 70th birthday by landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan after 220 days in ...

In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth's ...

On April 24, 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland. Though the ...

Veteran NASA astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday as he returned to Earth from a seven-month stay at the ...

Explore safety protocols in human spaceflight, from launch to reentry, ensuring astronaut safety during unpredictable missions.

SpaceX tested the Plug and Plaser device for the first time in space last year on the Polaris Dawn mission, which was most ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit will return to Earth from the International Space Station Saturday, alongside his two Russian ...

It’s not supposed to get this extreme. But for the second time in a row, a Soyuz spacecraft suffered a major reentry glitch, the cause still undetermined. Early indicators point toward explosive ...

undocking from the International Space Station and plunging back to Earth in a blaze of re-entry heat to close out a 220-day expedition. Pettit, Soyuz MS-26/72S commander Alexey Ovchinin and ...

NASA's Apollo 13 mission, where disaster struck and an oxygen tank exploded, we take a look at some of the most harrowing space-related accidents ...

Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space ...