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NASA says it will return 4 astronauts home early in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station

Crew-11's successor mission, the four-astronaut Crew-12, is currently targeted to launch in mid-February. NASA is looking at ...

NASA Europa Clipper reveals 3I/ATLAS comet secret as alien radio hunt ends in silence

For the better part of a decade, space enthusiasts have scanned the horizon for the next 'interstellar interloper'—a ...

NASA says a medical situation with an astronaut is ending ISS mission early

NASA announced it's ending a mission to the International Space Station early because of a medical situation involving one of ...

Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

In a first, NASA orders astronauts home after unspecified medical issue

The early departure of Crew-11, leaving Williams as the only US astronaut aboard, also means NASA will be unable to perform ...

A 'medical situation' is forcing NASA to end mission at the space station a month early

NASA says a crew member on the International Space Station is unwell. The agency canceled a planned spacewalk for Thursday ...