PATERSON − A good educator knows how to bring a science lesson to life. But Dr. Carlos Miranda, the planetarium manager at ...

One survey analyzed the effect of Starlink satellite emissions on over 76 million radio telescope missions. It found that ...

Iowa native Peggy Whitson will be inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Florida this weekend, recognizing her near-four decades of work at NASA and her continued career at Axiom Space.

Mission Commander Peggy Whitson and Polish astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski. (Axiom Space image) The Axiom 4 spacecraft carrying Iowa native astronaut Peggy Whitson and three crewmates is ...

NEW YORK — In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, capping off his fourth mission to space, the ...

A veteran of the early days of the U.S. space program has died. Astronaut Jim Lovell flew in space four times. He's best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. That mission almost ended in ...

Very soon, astronauts on the moon will be able to update their Instagram feed in real time. NASA has awarded a contract to ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: "We are enormously ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fresh from space, NASA’s oldest full-time astronaut said Monday that weightlessness made him feel decades younger, with everyday aches and pains vanishing. Don Pettit ...