NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore splashed down safely Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico after an extended stay aboard the International Space Station.

NASA’s Mike Fincke has publicly identified himself as the astronaut who had a concerning “medical event” that led to an early exit from the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who traveled to the International Space Station last June for what was initially a one-week mission, are now preparing for their return home after an extended stay of nine months. In a Tuesday press ...

Spending time in the weightless environment of microgravity can have some dramatic effects on the human body, but scientists have recently discovered a new one that could help explain why some astronauts struggle to adjust after returning to Earth.

An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA’s first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San ...

Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after NASA made the rare decision to end their space station mission early because of a medical concern involving one of the crew members. The SpaceX capsule carrying the international team splashed down in the ...

Retired astronaut Butch Wilmore reflected on the thoughts he had when he and former colleague Sunita Williams were stranded in space for nearly 300 days in June 2024.

NASA will host a public event outlining plans to return astronauts to the moon and build a lunar base under President Donald Trump's space policy.