Nasa, Astronauts | featured news

NASA's rover carries a sophisticated weather station offering data on the Red Planet's environment that astronauts might one day encounter.

Astronauts unlikely to match amount of work or danger involved for generations to come.

Though thunderstorms threatened, Atlantis was launched for NASA’s 135th and final shuttle flight, bound for the International Space Station with four astronauts.

Two astronauts made history Friday as the final spacewalkers of NASA's 30-year shuttle program.

A small piece of space junk drifted dangerously close to the International Space Station on Tuesday, prompting NASA to order the three astronauts to seek shelter in their attached capsule....

Space shuttle Discovery with seven astronauts aboard blasted off on Monday on one of NASA's final servicing missions to the International Space Station.

NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery because of a gas leak. The leak of gaseous hydrogen occurred as the launch team was filling the external fuel tank for liftoff Wednesday night. The seven astronauts had yet to board the spaceship.