Former astronaut Jose Hernandez signs autographs for Cara Kitts, 12, left, and Mikaela Bellomo, 11, both of San Clemente. Cara wants to be an engineer; Mikaela a candy shop owner.

A team of local kids has created a prototype of a device that helps astronauts remove their socks in outer space. Now they are headed to a global innovation competition where the top prize is $20.000.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Children's Museum of Illinois is giving kids the opportunity to see what it takes to be an astronaut while learning all about space through interactive experiences.

Forget packing for a jaunt to the beach. Kids visiting the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly are setting their sights on a much more ambitious destination: Mars. At the Astronaut Academy ...

The children from astronaut families are known as “satellite kids.” This phenomenon first emerged in the 1980s, with most of them coming from Taiwan and South Korea.