STARTING AT 9 A.M. NEW AT NOON A VETERAN ASTRONAUT FROM IOWA HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME. PEGGY WHITSON IS FROM BEACONSFIELD. SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE 26TH CLASS OF ...

Italian astronaut details what it was like to almost drown in outer space. Aug. 21, 2013 — -- "I can hardly hear them, and they can't hear me. I'm alone. I frantically think of a plan," says Luca ...

Jess Varley‘s The Astronaut (2025) movie trailer has been released by Vertical. The Astronaut trailer stars Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Milicevic, and Macy Gray. Jess Varley ...

Tom Hanks is honoring the real-life hero that he once portrayed in a popular, Oscar-winning film. After the death of astronaut Jim Lovell was announced on Friday, Hanks shared a poignant social media ...

Damning accident report sheds light on NASA's communication failures. Feb. 26, 2014— -- NASA admitted today that Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano nearly drowned during his July 16 spacewalk last ...

The auroras are a natural light display in Earth's sky that are famously best seen in high-latitude regions of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Cardman, a member of a joint NASA and SpaceX ...

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 ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.” James A. Lovell Jr., right, and Fred W. Haise ...

Spokane-born astronaut U.S. Army Col. Anne McClain is set to talk with Earth’s schoolchildren Tuesday from the International Space Station. In a “downlink” event sponsored by the Mobius Discovery ...

Spokane native and NASA astronaut Anne McClain has now safely traveled to space and back, twice. McClain, a U.S Army Colonel and commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission, splashed down off the coast ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights: Gemini VII, Gemini ...

Humanity is about to learn that we’re not alone in the upcoming mysterious sci-fi thriller, The Astronaut, starring Kate Mara. The movie will be available on digital next month and we have a sneak ...