Astronaut families are quite similar to military families. If you're a space buff but haven't already seen the 1995 film "Apollo 13," it's worth the watch. It recreates the near-disaster mission ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) mean that its human inhabitants are barred from eating crumbly foods as the particles could float away and clog up air vents and ...

African American astronaut Mae Jemison, left, smiles as suit technician Sharon McDougle performs an unpressurized and pressurized leak check on her spacesuit prior to the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on ...