NASA astronaut Don Pettit returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft later this week. Read about his extraordinary ride home on ...

The ISS serves as the home and laboratory of astronauts in space for the duration of their mission—which you can track and ...

“Without this exercise, they would be unable to walk or stand up when they return to Earth after months of floating in space,” they wrote. Many astronauts return to Earth with vision problems ...

Barry 'Butch' Wilmore Health: NASA Astronaut Struggles To Stand, Walk After Space Mission NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore recently returned to Earth after an extended stay in space ...

And then you walk straight and then you turn.” And while astronauts get medical attention from flight surgeons once they return from space, it takes a village to support crews even before the ...

The Blue Origin space flight on the New Shepard rocket was a success and the mission lasted more than 10 minutes.

The feet are designed to bear the body’s weight on Earth, so the skin on the bottom is tough and sturdy as people walk around. But since astronauts bounce and float in space, the feet don’t ...