Astronauts News

The latest musical endeavor from the International Space Station is the "International Song Station." Astronauts on the ISS have been teaming up with musicians back down on Earth to make some cosmic tunes.

Recently, astronauts encountered a problem at the International Space Station when they needed to fix a problem with an electrical unit that needed replacing. Using resourcefulness, they were able to make the necessary fix using an ordinary toothbrush.

Using the same safety protocols as those of spacewalks, a multicultural team of six astronauts is set to begin a search for life deep underground rather than in space.

Have you ever wondered what it smells like out in space? Now NASA has hired a scent chemist to try to reproduce the odour.

In China's first manned space flight, the three astronauts on Shenzhou-9 have successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 module and are settling into their new home-from-home.

Before returning home after six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts had a little fun with zero-gravity.

Chantilly - Today Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final voyage as it now embarks upon its next mission. This morning the space shuttle arrived at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va.

A Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, built a LEGO replica of the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) while living aboard the real-life station in space.

The Shuttle Atlantis roars back to earth this Thursday marking the end of the U.S. Space Missions, a casualty of budget cuts. Now, what's to happen to the generation of people who trained long and hard to be astronauts?

It’s always cheaper to fly one way, even to Mars. But are scientists proposing a suicide mission? An article in the latest issue of the Journal of Cosmology finds out.