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When an international crew of astronauts launch on a commercial space mission, they will be joined by a स्वैन, a łabędź or a hattyú. Or, in English, a swan. The Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) astronauts chose a small, plush swan named "Joy" as their zero-gravity indicator.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony, but one of this year's two honorees could not attend for a reason unique to all past enshrinements. Bernard Harris took to the stage, but Peggy Whitson was preparing for her next launch.
Two countries' mints have each come up with a striking way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Europe's gateway to space." The Royal Mint of Belgium and the Royal Dutch Mint have struck euro coins for the European Space Agency (ESA).
A new limited-edition timepiece has been released as a tribute to the first Swiss-made watch to fly into space and the astronaut who wore it, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Breitling has introduced the Navitimer B02 "Scott Carpenter Centenary."
In life, John Glenn served his country while advancing science. Now his legacy as a Marine, NASA astronaut and U.S. senator is being served up by COSI as an innovative Learning Lunchbox designed to encourage students to follow in his footsteps.
Whether you are a fan of space exploration history or of the game on which the series is based, "The Last of Us" has just delivered a real blast from the past. In the penultimate episode of the season, the story visits the Wyoming Museum of Science and History.
The United States Mint is ready to launch the next $1 coin in its American Innovation series, honoring NASA's retired reusable spacecraft. The mint will open sales for the coins, which depict a space shuttle lifting off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
From John Glenn's Friendship 7 to Blue Origin's New Shepard, space capsules and more are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. this summer.
A capsule that was sent into space to land on a planet has finally done so, only on the wrong world and 53 years late. The Kosmos 482 uncrewed spacecraft, which the former Soviet Union intended to touch down on Venus in 1972, instead returned to Earth.
The infrastructure of humanity's journey into space may only be decades old, but some of it has already been lost. A new generation of "space archaeologists" are scrambling to save what's left.
During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
