In his final days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a mission that’s lasted six months, American astronaut Don Pettit has posted a sublime shot that wouldn’t look out of place in ...

Barry "Butch" Wilmore, one of the astronauts stranded at the International Space Station, said statements from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggesting that former President Joe Biden declined to ...

The allegations riled up Danish astronaut and former ISS commander Andreas Mogensen. “What a lie,” Mogensen replied on X. “And from someone who complains about lack of honesty from the ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore said politics aren't the reason he and pilot Suni Williams are still in space nearly nine months after they were expected back on Earth. The two launched on Boeing's ...

Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., traded jabs on social media Monday, after the billionaire space entrepreneur called the former NASA astronaut a "traitor" for his recent trip to Ukraine. Kelly, Arizona's ...

Pakistan is set to send its first astronaut to a China’s space station following a cooperation agreement signed between the Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the China ...

A video posted on X by NASA showed astronaut Nick Hague greeting the new arrivals wearing a grey alien mask. What they're saying: "It was a wonderful day. Great to see our friends arrive ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A woman who formerly worked for Meta’s ex-operations chief Sheryl Sandberg claims she was tasked with drafting “talking points” for her boss while she was in labor with her first child.

Stephanie Pope was named COO and executive vice president in 2023 by Boeing’s former CEO Dave Calhoun. Since then, she has also taken over as CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Stephanie Pope ...

A manned mission to Mars is being discussed more seriously than ever before, thanks to the interest of President Donald Trump — who used his inaugural address to promise an American flag on the ...

SpaceX’s rocket had been scheduled to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral at 7:48 p.m. ET (2348 GMT) with a crew of two U.S. astronauts and one astronaut each from Japan ...