NASA’s oldest serving astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday following a 7-month mission on board the International Space ...

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

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 ...

At a Naval Base San Diego press conference, shuttle astronaut Stanley Love — born at Sharp Grossmont Hospital — joined three other astronauts who took part in 3- to 5-foot choppy-water recovery tests.

With Katy Perry’s space odyssey this week and Donald Trump’s expressed plan to plant the American flag on Mars, we look at 12 ...

Unlike NASA’s space shuttle, fundamentally built for scientific ... then deploy downward for reentry and landing, enhancing stability and control. This adaptability made Spiral a hybrid of ...

Florida — home to the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral and so many historic launches from moon shots to shuttle flights ... including disaster recovery documents from the state of ...

Taking to Twitter to confirm the 70-year-old's safe return to Earth, NASA wrote: "Home sweet Houston. @NASA_Astronauts Don ...