This claim was, in fact, true. McCandless was, indeed, the first astronaut to perform an untethered spacewalk on Feb. 7, 1984 ...

Astronauts have marked Thanksgiving in orbit since 1973, from Skylab to the International Space Station, adapting traditional meals for space conditions and sharing them with international crew ...

It’s been almost six months since technical issues stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams onboard the International Space Station. Since their Boeing shuttle malfunctioned in ...

Frank Rubio’s experience – leave Earth in one vehicle, return much later in another – gives him an intimate understanding of ...

To mark the occasion, NASA has revealed photos from four decades of the best Thanksgiving parties in space. Meanwhile, ...