Ayers, who made headlines for completing a rare all-female spacewalk, is one of 11 people living aboard the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut drifting high above Earth recently managed ...

Pettit seen aboard the International Space Station in 2024. NASA / SWNS. Mercury astronaut John Glenn was 77 when he returned to orbit on a short shuttle flight in 1998.

Astronaut Sally Ride aboard Space Shuttle Challenger for the STS-7 mission in 1983, which made her the first American woman in space. (NASA) By Manuel Betancourt. June 16, 2025 3 AM PT . 8 ; ...

A stunning video of the northern lights as seen from space was shared by NASA astronaut Anne McClain at the International Space Station. The northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis ...

Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., a decorated astronaut who became the first Black person to perform a spacewalk in 1995, is being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 31.

That was John Glenn, who was the first American astronaut to circle the Earth in 1962, and then flew again in 1998 on the space shuttle Discovery at the age of 77. Image Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS ...