The nine astronauts will be embarking on the first manned launches from American soil since 2011.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has hinted at having astronauts run around the BFR like in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Audio clips of astronauts talking about their experiences with UFOs have been analyzed for truthfulness.
Lieutenant Norishige Kanai has grown so much while in space that he may no longer fit in the Soyuz capsule.
Astronauts who spend a lot of time in space are at risk of experiencing a rise in core body temperature.
The DNA of microbes found on the International Space Station has been sequenced in space for the first time.
The new system offers a much-needed safety feature to help stranded astronauts get back to the ISS.
The prototype thruster could one day propel the first Mars astronauts all the way to the Red Planet.
NASA has been exploring ways to protect astronauts from deadly radiation during future missions to Mars.
US Vice-President Mike Pence has reiterated America's intentions to send humans back to the lunar surface.
Lockheed Martin is aiming to place a space station around Mars and to land astronauts on its surface.
Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.
The crew of six NASA astronauts has been living in a dome near one of Hawaii's largest volcanoes.
NASA's Peggy Whitson broke a slew of records during her latest 288-day mission aboard the ISS.
A new type of crumb-free dough mixture could help to improve the selection of foods available in space.
A bag used by the late astronaut to collect samples during the Apollo 11 mission is to be sold at auction.
The two-hour spacewalk, which is set to take place on Tuesday, will aim to repair a broken data relay box.
The US space agency has decided against placing astronauts aboard its new rocket on its first launch.
A crew of astronauts will spend a year in orbit around the Moon as a trial run for a mission to Mars.
When complete, the gargantuan new rocket will be capable of carrying a crew of astronauts to Mars.