America’s ambitious space plans for the coming years could become one of the biggest casualties of the sudden and dramatic falling out of US President Donald Trump and the world’s richest person Elon ...

HOUSTON, TX – For nearly 300 days, astronaut Sunita Williams soared above the Earth aboard the International Space Station, gazing down at a planet that looked both familiar and foreign.

After a series of weather-related delays in April, NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A, beginning a 10-day mission focused on ...

Astronaut Sunita Williams receives honorary degree from Merrimack College, recalls dramatic nine-month journey in space By Rita Chandler Globe Correspondent,Updated May 15, 2025, 6:03 p.m.

NASA As for Pettit's age, John Glenn, the first American in orbit, was 77 when he flew aboard the space shuttle in 1998 as a NASA spaceflight participant.

Heartwarming footage captured the moment stranded Boeing Starliner astronaut Sunita Williams shared a joyous reunion with her dogs after being stuck in space for 264 days.

When the Space Shuttle program was active, astronauts would spend somewhere between five and 16 days in orbit. But a typical length of stay on the International Space Station is about six months ...

Having spent 286 days in space, Williams, when asked about how India appeared from above, replied with a simple yet profound, "Amazing, just amazing." Williams, known for frequently sharing her Indian ...

Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, speaking out at a news conference for the first time since returning to Earth after an extended 286-day stay in space, said Monday they did ...

December 2006 – Arrival of Flight Engineer Sunita Williams via space shuttle mission STS-116. Williams replaces Reiter, who returns to Earth with the crew of STS-116.

Sunita Williams said this in a 2017 interview. Even in her full spacesuit gear complete with the helmet, there has always been something more between Ms. Williams and the rest of the world.

We were trying to call an Uber when we ran into NASA astronaut Sunita Williams @Astro_Suni Time for a selfie & we also asked if we could hitch a ride on her space shuttle instead of an Uber…” Anand ...