Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven streaked toward Earth on Saturday to cap a successful expansion job at the international space station, more spacious and robust thanks to a new billion-dollar science lab.Commander Mark Kelly and co-pilot...

Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts wrapped up their few remaining chores at the international space station on Monday, flexing the robot arm belonging to the newly installed Japanese science lab and opening its attic.The two crews planned on...

Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts wrapped up their few remaining chores at the international space station on Monday, flexing the robot arm belonging to the newly installed Japanese science lab and opening its attic.The two crews planned on...

Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts breezed through their third and final spacewalk Sunday, replacing an empty gas tank at the international space station and collecting a sample of dusty debris.Spacewalkers Michael Fossum and Ronald Garan Jr....

Shuttle Discovery’s astronauts geared up for the first spacewalk of their mission Tuesday and the installation of Japan’s giant lab to the international space station.The two spacecraft linked up Monday, and the 10 space travelers...

It was a teary farewell for the astronauts aboard the linked shuttle Discovery and the International space Station, as Discovery makes its return journey to mother earth. Clayton Anderson who had spent five months in orbit is now headed home to...

Astronauts in space at times suffer unwanted shocks. To protect them, the Utah State University engineers have created a sensor that will track electrons that have gathered on the solar panels of the space station, risking astronauts. The device...