NASA astronaut Don Pettit took this photo during his most recent trip to the International Space Station. He returned to Earth after 220 days in space on April 20, 2025.

Of NASA's 47 active astronauts, 20 are women. And of the seven astronauts currently living at the space station, McClain and Ayers are the only women.

NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two ...

NASA faces a proposed $6 billion agency-wide funding cut by the Trump administration, including a 47% reduction of science ...

The four members of NASA's Crew-11 mission entered quarantine near Houston ahead of planned launch on July 13 from Florida to ...

The space station had to be raised into a slightly higher orbit Wednesday evening to avoid space junk: part of a 20-year-old Chinese rocket. McClain, an Army colonel and helicopter pilot, should ...

NASA's oldest active astronaut, Don Pettit, has performed a new yo-yo trick on the International Space Station, dubbing it ...