A view from the forearm of the Tiangong robotic arm, showing Zhang Lu at work during the first Shenzhou-21 EVA. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

Nov. 14 (UPI) --The stranded Chinese astronauts returned safely to Earth following a drift of space debris which left their return craft damaged. The three returned home in the early Friday morning ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the emphasis inside 760 Fifth St. E. in Sonoma is space and light. After all, this property has been the home of an astronaut for 25 years. But now, the former lunar module ...

(WJW) — Following the recent passing of the Cleveland-born astronaut he played in the movie “Apollo 13,” actor Tom Hanks took to social media Friday evening. “There are people who dare, who dream, and ...

The actor portrayed the leader of the mission to the moon in the 1995 film. By Lexi Carson Associate Editor “There are people who dare, who dream and who lead others to the places we would not go on ...

Jim Lovell, who was among the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, has died, NASA announced. He was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13," which dramatized the nearly ...

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday. The former ...

CHICAGO -- James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...