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

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 ...

FILE - The Russian space station Mir is seen from space shuttle Atlantis during a fly around after Atlantis undocked from Mir Thursday, March 28, 1996, in this image from television. KABUL, ...

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 ...

After a historic renovation that began in 2018, the National Air and Space Museum unveils seven transformed galleries this year. Over the decades, platforms such as the space shuttle, Mir, and the ...