Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronauts, from left, Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on ...

This is the eighth space walk of Suni Williams' career One of the two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) has taken their first space walk since arriving at the station nearly ...

The Polaris Dawn mission featuring the first civilian space walk is now set for Monday following repeated delays due to unfavorable weather and the Federal Aviation Administration grounding of the ...

Dr. Bernard Harris is a medical doctor, astronaut, and venture capitalist. In 1995, he became the first African American to do a space walk. He attributes his success to education, and his foundation ...

Experience working on the International Space Station in this memoir excerpt from a space shuttle astronaut Tom Jones Astronaut Tom Jones waving during one of his three spacewalks on Space Shuttle ...

The Polaris Dawn mission that will feature the first civilian space walk is set for Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration cleared SpaceX to use the rocket that will launch the astronauts ...

Polaris Dawn in polar orbit has the first successful commercial space walk. It is an altitude three times higher than the International Space Station. “SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work ...

Hampered last month by bad weather, launch tower problems, and issues with its ride from SpaceX, the Polaris Dawn mission is at last on its way. One of the most ambitious space tourism missions in ...

A SpaceX rocket set to blast off on a mission to reach a new milestone in human space flight — the first walk in space by private citizens — was delayed again Wednesday, this time by the weather. The ...