In October, if all goes to plan, the International Space Station (ISS) will celebrate 20 years of continuous human presence. That's two decades, 63 expeditions, and dozens of astronauts and cosmonauts ...

After a three-day struggle, the cosmonauts aboard Mir have fixed their automatic steering system, allowing NASA to press ahead with plans to send space shuttle Discovery on one last docking flight ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This NASA pin was owned by Dr. Sally ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Despite all the smiles and upbeat talk -- for the cameras, anyway -- American astronauts who lived aboard the Mir space station were unhappier than their Russian crewmates.

The space shuttle is the “world’s first reusable spacecraft,” launching like a rocket, orbiting like a spacecraft and landing like a plane. Space shuttles could carry satellites, space probes, and ...