It may come as a surprise, but food isn't readily available in space. When sending the first astronauts off-planet, this holiday staple helped fuel them.

See how 14 astronauts successfully grew plants aboard space station during long-duration missions.

Human spaceflight created unexpected challenges, including how astronauts use the bathroom in a weightless environment. Early ...

In the mid-1900s, NASA's Space Race was everywhere. Many companies were part of it, even this vintage space snack that became ...

Astronauts’ brains can change shape and shift positions in space, according to a study with implications for NASA as it plans ...

The fix to this problem might come in the form of tools instead of changes to the spacesuit itself. Rubins said astronauts ...

The members of Crew-11 — two American, one Russian and one Japanese — splashed down after one became ill, prompting an early ...

Four astronauts returned to Earth early Thursday, after departing the International Space Station about a month earlier than ...

Former NASA astronaut Drew Feustel now advises the astronaut training program for the private space company Vast, which aims ...

A spacewalk, often called extra-vehicular activity in space industry parlance, refers to any activity an astronaut undertakes outside of a space station or spacecraft. The upcoming spacewalk is the ...

Astronauts orbiting the Earth are drilled to deal with the worst possible scenarios. That includes having to leave a doomed ...

NASA has opened a global competition inviting chefs, scientists and innovators to help solve one of the biggest challenges of ...