The three astronauts on board China’s Shenzhou-12 – which left earth at 9.22am on Thursday from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in the Gobi Desert – assembled at 5am at the nearby Wentian Pavilion ...

When astronauts make the long journey to Mars in the not-so-distant future, communication with mission control will be impossible for days to weeks at a time. Enter Daphne-AT: a virtual assistant (VA) ...

Chris Hadfield’s autobiography, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (2013), presents a down-to-earth account of the Canadian astronaut’s personal story, including life lessons work has taught him, ...

As the Artemis II astronauts hurtled around the moon during their historic flyby, basking in unprecedented views of the illuminated lunar far side, pilot Victor Glover described the visuals as “sci-fi ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, headed to the Moon without a traditional life insurance policy. The three astronauts were preparing for a mission that ...