The astronauts are not furloughed. Although the U.S. government is shut down, NASA's astronauts in space are still expected to show up for work every day. As the shutdown continues into its second ...

When you’ve spent 6 months orbiting Earth in the International Space Station, your perspective on the planet and its problems is likely to change forever. Few people understand this more intimately ...

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U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber and nuclear, administers the oath of enlistment to recruits during an enlistment ceremony at the Air & ...

Recognizing that space is now an integral component of present-day society, the Royal Society (the U.K. academy of sciences) has recently completed a report that explores the potential implications of ...