A space traveler’s heartfelt reunion reveals a surprisingly relatable side of returning to Earth.

HONG KONG, April 17 (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew will stay in space for an extra month, after careful consideration from China's Manned Space Engineering Office, the country's state broadcaster reported on Friday.

Voyager Technologies will be the third company to fly a private astronaut mission to the ISS, gaining experience for its commercial station.

Williams, a former Navy captain, has been working her way back into shape since she returned from the International Space Station last year.

NASA Astronaut Michael Fincke visited the Challenger Center Hawaiʻi on Tuesday to inspire sixth graders from Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School with his experiences in space. Fincke’s theme of “Going to

Being separated from your dog can be ruff, especially if that separation includes being launched into space, but that makes the reunion all the more pawsome.

An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. “It’s so good to be home,” said NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, the capsule commander.

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Space Center Houston is celebrating Astronaut Days the first weekend of August 2025! Astronaut Dr. Don Thomas, pictured above, will present on Saturday, August 2 for Astronaut Mission Memories in the Mission Briefing Center. (Photo courtesy of Space Center ...

All eyes were in the sky, and the Pacific Ocean, this month as viewers around the world kept tabs on NASA's Artemis II launch, mission and splashdown. While many across the country learned more about the astronauts that accomplished a historic moon mission,

The claim was based on the minimum possible starting pay an astronaut could receive in 2019, but even then astronauts could start at higher pay. In 2024, all astronauts made more than double that. The claim was outdated, even when it was first shared in 2022.

The two instructors who trained the Artemis II crew to take out-of-this-world photos during the NASA lunar flyby mission said they were impressed by the photography from the four astronauts. NASA photography and video subject matter experts Paul Reichert and Katrina Willoughby spoke to Reuters on Tuesday (April 14) about the crew's photography training.