A Soyuz rocket with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts on board docked with the International Space Station ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station. The Earth and a starry night appear to merge into ...

STRANDED astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams finally made a triumphant splash down on Earth - after being stuck in space for a gruelling nine months. The pair returned home in a SpaceX ...

NASA picked Williams as an astronaut in 1998 followed by Wilmore in 2000. Each had two spaceflights behind them including monthslong stints at the space station before signing up as Starliner's ...

US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months for what was supposed to be a 10-day trip — are finally earthbound.

The issue gained new currency with the March mission to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to Earth after they were stranded on the International Space Station for nine months.

The space agency then had to use an alternative method to bring the astronauts home. Despite being stuck in space for 278 days longer than originally expected, Wilmore and Williams did not receive ...

Astronauts Piers J. Sellers (left) and David A. Wolf in the midst of a pre-breathe exercise in preparation for a spacewalk. | NASA/Johnson Space Center // Public Domain In 1997, a fire broke out ...

From a spacecraft’s coolant leak to the disintegration of the Soviet Union, astronauts have gotten stuck in space for a variety of reasons over the decades of human spaceflight. By Claire Moses ...

The astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will head to the International Space Station (ISS) today (March 12), if all goes according to plan. The four spaceflyers will catch a ride on SpaceX's ...

Stranded in space for months longer than planned, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have become unlikely household names. Their unexpected extended stay aboard the International Space ...

Now back on Earth thanks to Space X's Dragon capsule, astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will be breathing fresh air again after a grueling nine months onboard the International Space Station.