WASHINGTON-The human body was not built for space flight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other issues. As a result, trekking beyond the Earth’s confines ...

Experienced astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) in June 2024 thinking it was a routine eight-day stay.

The record for a single trip into space currently stands at 437 days, but prolonged periods in orbit can alter an astronaut's body in some surprising ways, changing their muscles, brains and even ...

Two astronauts stuck in space for more than nine months have finally arrived back on Earth. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams first blasted off to the ISS on 5 June, expecting to be up there for ...

In less than a week, the experienced spacefarers could be boarding a SpaceX Dragon capsule with the Crew-9 mission team and undocking from the International Space Station for a water landing in ...