The suspected cause of the phenomenon is actually thought to be rocket fuel from an Elon Musk space launch. The cloud-like shape is believed to be a result of leftover fuel released by a SpaceX ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit. The growth in the population of ...

After nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth. Their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) was only supposed to last eight ...

She launched on her first mission on December 9, 2006 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery to join ISS Expeditions 14 and 15 for a 195-day stint in orbit. Williams returned to the space station on ...

What was not visible, beneath their space suits, were the effects on their bodies, which might stay with them forever. Williams, 59, and Wilmore, 62, would spend about ten days in space on the ...

on Tuesday after nine months at the International Space Station. Wilmore, Williams, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov were greeted by a pod of dolphins that ...

Astronauts Leland Melvin, STS-129 mission specialist, and Butch Wilmore, pilot, work on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis during flight day two activities on Nov. 17, 2009. Being in space ...

As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get their land legs back on Earth, the effects of being stranded in space for nine months — and their recovery — will give scientists a ...

Two NASA astronauts have splashed down off the coast of Florida after spending more than nine months stuck in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams waved as they left their capsule - nearly an ...

Why Did Sunita Williams Go To Space? Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore embarked on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station on June 5 as part of NASA's initiative to test ...

NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who gained international attention as their planned short stay in space stretched into a more than nine-month, politically fraught mission — are ...