Katy Perry and Gayle King are among the famous passengers taking a rocket-powered joyride Monday. But determining the point ...

Two hundred and eighty-six days to be exact, during which they orbited the Earth over 4,500 times and, despite everything, became two of the most famous astronauts in the world by experiencing one ...

Stranded in space for months longer than planned, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have become unlikely household names. Their unexpected extended stay aboard the International Space ...

Being an astronaut is one of the world’s most time-consuming and taxing jobs. Some may even say it’s the most stressful job in the world. As most people know, NASA is the most famous group ...

But for a little perspective as you sit bumper to bumper, fuming, consider the delays faced by Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, veteran NASA astronauts. They were supposed to be gone for a week to ...

He continued working as an astronaut and eventually logged more than 800 days in space. The most famous space accident, of course, is the Apollo-13 mission of April 1970. Three astronauts ...

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