"In 65 years of human spaceflight, we've never had to bring somebody back for a medical reason so far," he added. "That's a ...

The International Space Station is orbiting higher today after the Progress 89 cargo craft docked to the rear port of Zvezda ...

"All NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are in good health," Dr. J.D. Polk ... who has been "experiencing ...

Astronauts face a large number of other health risks during their stay in space. In a weightless environment, muscles aren't used as much, which can lead to them weakening and atrophying. Additionally ...

At 12:50 PM last Friday a Dragon rocket did its first-ever “reboost” of the ISS, firing its rockets in order to add altitude ...

Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means "fireball" in the ...

SpaceX's Dragon capsule assisted the International Space Station by boosting its altitude for approximately 12 minutes and 30 ...

Orbital demonstration will help SpaceX gather data as it develops the vehicle that will deorbit the space station at the end ...

The ISS requires regular reboosts to prevent the complex from tumbling back to Earth. In the past, vehicles such as the ...

Gravity waves in the atmosphere are a common phenomenon. NASA released a beautiful image of waves forming around an island two years ago, for example. They are also not exclusively an Earthly ...

NASA says its Atmospheric Waves Instrument (AWE) recorded a series of intense gravity waves at high altitudes during ...

Topekans seven times in the coming week should be able to watch the International Space Station pass overhead after dark in the early evening.