Foale — a distinguished veteran of six space missions who retired in 2013 — takes us back to that day of May 25, 1997, when a ...

NM's night skies inspired him to reach for the stars. Now, Mike Mullane shares his story in a new PBS documentary series.

On July 8, 2011, the Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The mission was named STS-135. This was the final flight of the Space Shuttle program. The Space Shuttle program ...

Space has been captivating people from the moment we began looking up at the skies. Traveling to space was an impossible idea reserved for the realm of artwork, books, and film, until science caught ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan ’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67, his family and friends said. A national hero, Momand died from cancer on June 21 in a hospital ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The Russian space station Mir is seen from space shuttle Atlantis during a fly around after Atlantis undocked from Mir ...

Abdul Ahad Momand, an Afghan Air Force Pilot Who Served on the Mir Space Station, Dies at 67 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan ’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67, his ...