A space probe called Kosmos 482 sent to explore Venus by the U.S.S.R. in 1972 but marooned in Earth orbit ever since is about ...

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut is back home and doing well a week after wrapping up a seven-month space mission.

On April 28, 2001, the world's first space tourist hitched a ride to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz ...

April 28 marks the day Dennis Tito, a millionaire businessman from the US, became the world’s first space tourist in 2001. He ...

While the USSR’s Venera 8 successfully reached its destination, a malfunctioning Soyuz rocket ensured its sibling Kosmos 482 craft never made it past Earth’s orbit. The long-dead probe’s ...

"I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good," Pettit told reporters during a press conference from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Monday afternoon (April 28). "I was right in the ...

The lander section of the Kosmos 482 probe was launched in 1972 and designed to survive on Venus. Now it's due a fiery ...

NASA's oldest full-time astronaut said that during his most recent trip to the space station, he didn't feel his age at all.

Amid Blue Origin's space flight mayhem, meet some of the most famous female astronauts who journeyed and contributed to space ...

Analysts believe the craft was launched by Moscow to be used with a system that could attack other satellites.

The astronaut said that he didn't look good because he "didn't feel too good" after throwing up when the spacecraft touched down. "I didn't look too good because I didn't feel too good. I was right in ...