They finally splashed down safely off the coast of Florida on March 18, accompanied by Nasa astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who had also been on extended missions.

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore has revealed who he believes truly rescued him while he was stranded in space for more than nine months. The astronaut admitted that being stuck on the International ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams may have put a brave face while stuck in space, but her family have revealed how she was secretly hurting. Williams' mother, Bonnie Pandya, said her daughter was ...

Chinese experts said that Beijing would not let its space crew be stranded for so long as two United States astronauts finally returned to Earth after being stuck for nine months.

Once in orbit, Belyayev opened the airlock, and Leonov stepped into space. Tethered to the spacecraft by 16 feet of cable, he floated freely for 12 minutes. His task was simple — secure a camera to ...

After an incredible 286 consecutive days in space, the mental and physical toll on NASA’s stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore may have been much more serious than their smiles and ...

(CNN) - After more than nine months in space, Commander Suni Williams and ... on a genetic level and what that means to our health,” astronaut Scott Kelly said. Kelly knows this better than ...