International Space Station

US, Russia, Japan begin joint space trip

A three-member multinational crew blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday…

I’d like a cold beer!–Tim Peake, after 6 months in space, covering 125m km

British astronaut, Tim Peake, has returned to Earth after a six-month stay aboard the International…

Russian Cosmonaut spends record 879 days in space

Russia's  cosmonaut, Gennady Padalka, after five  missions,  has set a record of living in space,…

Rocket failure casts spotlight on risks of space flight

by Kerry SHERIDAN/AFP The explosion of a privately owned rocket on its way toward the…

Orbital rocket explodes after launch

An unmanned rocket owned by Orbital Sciences Corporation exploded Tuesday six seconds after launch on…

NASA awards Boeing, SpaceX contracts to build spacecraft for astronauts

WASHINGTON(AFP) - NASA awarded multi-billion-dollar contracts to Boeing and SpaceX on Tuesday to build America's…

2 Russian, one American astronauts return to earth

 Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday after spending more…