Astronauts

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his first spacewalk on Jan. 13.

French and US astronauts spacewalk for space station repairs

January 13, 2017Science

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough switched on their spacesuits’ internal battery power, and walked into space to help install three new, refrigerator-sized lithium-ion batteries to upgrade the power system at the International Space Station.

A vista from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

That one-way ticket to Mars you were hoping for may not be such a good idea

March 27, 2015Science

The crew and back-up team for Ahad Momand's mission. Momand is third from the left.

The only Afghan to ever fly in space almost didn’t make it back to Earth

October 24, 2014Science