Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit is set to return from his fourth trip to space on Saturday night. Here are some of his ...

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.

Aurora does not have to be directly overhead to be visible: it can be observed from more than 600 miles away if the conditions are right.

SpaceX is planning to launch its Starlink 6-72 mission from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 between Saturday night and Sunday ... of the most remote places on Earth. While SpaceX usually favors ...

Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, is scheduled to launch Monday night from Kennedy Space Center. The crew of four, led by mission commander Chun Wang, will fly aboard a ...

Fram2 will be the first crewed mission to orbit over Earth’s polar regions—and “Mission MushVroom will be the first study to grow mushrooms in space,” reads a Fram2 statement from Monday.

with two astronauts venturing outside of the Dragon vehicle and into the vacuum of space. Fram2 carries its own set of risks. Polar orbits are generally used by Earth-observing satellites and ...

Rendering of fireworks on the Potomac River as part of artist Cai Guo-Qiang's "Interspecies Love Letter," a sky painting for the Earth to Space festival ... with a one-night-only event.

Paris, France's capital, displays why it is known as the "City of Lights" in this photo taken from on board the International Space Station ... from high above Earth at night.

A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday ... SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster falling back toward Earth, according to experts. Time-lapse video taken ...

the flight will take the crew of four explorers over the Earth's polar regions. In the 64 years humans have been flying to space, this has never been attempted. "This new flight trajectory will ...