A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

It's been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S. space program today?

61 years ago, humanity reached space for the second time with NASA 's Project Mercury. On the morning of May 5, 1961, naval aviator and test pilot Alan B. Shepard Jr. hopped onto the Freedom ...

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch ...

The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) is a collaborative effort between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National ...

Egypt paid tribute to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey ... 12 April to mark the International Day of Human Space Flight. A Russian delegation laid flowers at a statue ...

Yuri Gagarin had flown higher (188 miles ... Gaga: I felt fine. The flight was very successful. All the apparatus of the cosmic ship functioned properly. During the flight I saw the earth from ...

It was Saturday, April 19, 1975. At 1:28:55pm IST, India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, from a remote Soviet cosmodrome. Built in just 30 months by a young team of Indian scientists, the ...

When she lands, we will compare who is better at completing [their] tasks," Yuri Gagarin said in a 1974 documentary film, recalling Tereshkova's flight. USSR cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin (left) and ...

Martha Stewart remains the queen of shade. The lifestyle maven mercilessly mocked Katy Perry’s Blue Origin space flight in an Instagram post Thursday. Stewart, 83, posted a 2007 video of herself ...

According to Good Morning America, all crew members will also head to the launch site days before the mission for training sessions, which will include getting fitted in their flight suits ...