Don Pettit spent a busy 220 days at the International Space Station. He conducted experiments, talked with students and ...

A 1968 mechanical engineering graduate of Lehigh, he joined NASA as part of its elite "Group 8" astronaut class and flew aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1984. During that mission ...

Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six hour long spacewalk to maintenance and upgrades on the International Space ...

Astronaut Anne McClain talks about her mission aboard the ISS and what it means to represent Washington state in space.

Naccarato was enraptured. He watched rocket launches on television, along with “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica.” He ...

How do you go to the bathroom in space? How that question led one local woman to the International Space Station. New episode ...

May 5 (UPI) --President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American to go into space ... in the cockpit of the ...

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos ...