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By Mike Wall Published
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will discuss their shorter-than-expected stay aboard the International Space Station today (Jan. 21), and you can watch it live.

By Kirsty Lindsay, Luke Hughes, Nick Caplan Published
The evacuation raises a question worth exploring: how do astronauts stay healthy in space, and why is this early evacuation so unusual?

By Mike Wall Published
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission made it to Houston today (Jan. 16), just a day after their unprecedented medical evacuation from the International Space Station.

By Anthony Wood Published
Four ISS crewmembers were brought home a month early due to an undisclosed but non-emergency "medical concern".

By Brett Tingley Published
NASA leaders said the Crew-11 mission's astronaut medical evacuation shows how the agency is prepared to handle the unexpected.

By Josh Dinner Published
Space apparently changes your frame of mind in more ways than one.

By Mike Wall Published
Former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is fighting back, suing the Pentagon for its plan to censure him over comments he made in a video late last year.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
The Washington Monument lit up on New Year's Eve in celebration of the Artemis 2 moon mission as well as the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence.

By Josh Dinner Published
NASA just postponed a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an astronaut. Here's how the agency has handled such issues in the past.

By Mike Wall Published
The Department of Defense is taking administrative action against former NASA astronaut and current U.S. Senator Mark Kelly over remarks he made in a 90-second video in November.
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