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Pakistan to send first astronaut to space in 2026; project is handled by…, what is SUPARCO and who was Nobel Prize-winning Abdus Salam?

Mohammad Abdus Salam was a Pakistani theoretical physicist who was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his ...

Astronauts launch to the space station after sidelined by Boeing’s troubled Starliner

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and ...

Astronauts Head to Space Station as Clouds Stay Just Far Enough Away

After a scrubbed launch on Thursday, four astronauts lifted off from Florida and will dock at the International Space Station ...

How the heck does an astronaut wash their hair in space? Here’s how

Water droplets can't be allowed to drift off, so washing your hair in microgravity is a little different to how you do it on Earth.
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Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Space.com. Formerly, she was the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics ...

Former astronaut twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly on NASA cuts and challenges of being on ISS

Mark and Scott Kelly, twin brothers and former NASA astronauts, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the agency is set to lose ...
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Kate Rubins, 1st astronaut to sequence DNA in space, leaves NASA

NASA astronaut Kathleen “Kate” Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International ...

Moonbound Artemis II astronauts stay focused despite NASA uncertainty

It’s the first time humans will be on board the Orion spacecraft, a version of which flew to the moon without crew on the ...