Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, currently on a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station, ...

The space superpowers set to land astronauts on the Moon - the U.S. and China - should forge a lunar peace pact protecting ...

A recent photo of Williams aboard the ISS sparked rumors about her health, restoring the media's habit of prying into the ...

NASA and Roscosmos continue to disagree on the cause and severity of an air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station, one that NASA worries could lead to a “catastrophic ...

Denmark is a founding member of the European Space Agency and on Wednesday formally committed to safe and responsible space ...

"It's unfortunate that rumors persist otherwise." Last week, media outlets like The New York Post and The Daily Mail claimed ...

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness ...

The 2024 Booker Prize shortlist is packed with female representation, marking a shift in the prize’s 55-year history, ...

Before Tuesday night, the author Samantha Harvey had got used to thinking of herself as a bit of an underdog. “It’s not out ...

In a first for space novels, British author Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize 2024 on Tuesday for her short novel ‘Orbital’, which follows six astronauts as they contemplate Earth from ...

When Hurricane Helene hit the southeastern United States last month, it caused widespread power outages and devastating flooding on the ground. But as revealed in new NOAA data, the superstorm also ...