Launching humans into space is an inherently risky practice. To prepare astronauts for the microgravity environment of space, ...

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While he’s not as familiar with McClain’s story as he’d like to be, Lewis has long followed space exploration. He remembers watching the launch of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who ...

Alan Shepard was the first American in space on May 5, 1961, aboard the Freedom 7 spacecraft. Even though the Soviet Union launched the first man, Yuri Gagarin, into space first, Shepard's flight ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s sell-off is kicking back into gear on Thursday, and a U.S. stock market rattled by uncertainty about the economy and President Donald Trump’s tariffs is nearly all the ...

A total lunar eclipse, the first in nearly three years, will be visible across the U.S. the night of March 13 into early March 14. This celestial event happens when the Earth is positioned ...

ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX launched for a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape ...

Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was at 10:34 p.m. on Wednesday. By the numbers: This was the first flight for the first-stage booster supporting this ...

Picture: Supplied Australian woman and physicist Elaine Chia Hyde was among six passengers who went into space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket. Picture: Supplied New Shepard has now flown ...

The lead single for Dream Into It is “a reflection of my whole journey,” the rock n’ roll frontman said in a statement. “From the punk rock period through to now. And I’m still looking ...