Astronaut to meet his newborn daughter
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Mike Fincke, whose daughter became the first child born to an astronaut in orbit June 18, is preparing to return to Earth and his family in Texas.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station.
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Mike Fincke&#39;s new baby is on the astronaut&#39;s mind as he returns to Earth today, though she might not know it. &quot;I&#39;m very concerned she doesn&#39;t know who her father is,&quot; Fincke told reporters
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Teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and her crew mates arrived in Florida on Monday for a few days of dress rehearsal in preparation for next month's launch of space shuttle Endeavour.
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There's going to be a sibling spat aboard a space shuttle one of these days, between Destin sisters Abby and Emily Szklarski as they battle for who'll be the first earthling to set foot on Mars. That's their mother Carol Szklarski's prediction anyway.
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Astronomers discover a newborn planet in a solar system that is still in the process of forming.
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David Alan Grier is the father of a new baby girl, according to published reports.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - A married U.S. astronaut was accused on Tuesday of trying to kidnap and kill a rival for the affections of a male astronaut after she drove 950 miles wearing adult diapers to confront the woman.
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Space station astronaut Dan Tani is drawing on the support of physicians and family after the unexpected death of his mother this week.
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A Canadian and an American astronaut prepared for a second spacewalk set for Wednesday to continue setting up the first addition to the International Space Station in nearly four years.
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Lisa Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty: to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background &#151; high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot &#151; seemed to equip her for the challenge. Yet as she and some of her acquaintances acknowledged, the stresses on her and her family were extraordinarily intense.
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PALATINE, Ill. - A mother of two in this suburb of Chicago doesn't have to turn on the news for an update on NASA's space mission. She just flips on her baby monitor. Since Sunday, Natalie Meilinger's baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis.
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The crew of space  shuttle Discovery arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on  Friday for the countdown ahead of next week's launch on a  construction mission to the International Space Station.
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WASHINGTON -- NASA's next shuttle astronauts to fly, a blend of veteran spaceflyers and rookies, are in the final month of training for a March construction flight to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Eagle residents Stan and June Swanson are at Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, eagerly anticipating their son's return to Earth. Steve Swanson, the youngest of the couple's four children, has been in space for 13 days as part of the seven-member crew of NASA's space shuttle Atlantis.
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A lawyer for former Playboy centerfold   Anna Nicole Smith said on Tuesday he was the father of her   newborn daughter.
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By Rasha Madkour and David Crary HOUSTON -- Lisa M. Nowak chose a juggling act of dauntingly high difficulty -- to be an astronaut and a mother of three. Her background -- high school valedictorian, Naval Academy graduate, test pilot -- seemed to equip her for the challenge.