The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released into low-Earth orbit.

Astronauts, from left, Anna Menon, Scott Poteet, Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 19 for SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to ...

Jared Isaacman arrives at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Aug. 19 to prepare for the Polaris Dawn mission, featuring the first space walk by civilians. (John Raoux / Associated ...

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 ...

Tim Peake is the first Briton to do a space walk. Astronauts Timothy Kopra and Timothy Peake at the International Space Station were scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:48am on Jan. 15, 2016.

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dr. Bernard Harris Jr. has done a lot of walking in his 67 years of life but perhaps his most memorable steps were in space. "It's just awe inspiring," said Harris a former NASA Space ...

The International Space Station (ISS) might not be breaking news, but this February, National Geographic released a documentary that dives into the station’s intricate engineering. It’s a solid ...

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 ...