Astronaut describes Mars trip as 'one-way' ticket
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Blog: Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin says technology and life-support aren't enough to sustain a round-trip tour to Mars from a base on the moon.
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Malaysia&#39;s soon-to-be first astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor said on Thursday he hoped to fast aboard the International Space Station as he visits there in the holy month of Ramadan.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.
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KOROLYOV, Russia -- A U.S. astronaut and his Ru
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Malaysia's first astronaut  said on Tuesday his view of Earth from the International Space  Station had been "a magical and spiritual experience."
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The chief scientist behind the twin Mars rovers said he supports a human presence on the moon, but hopes the journey won't dead-end there.
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Â· Moscow 'space flight' to simulate mission to Mars Â· Britons seek places in cramped static cabin
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The man who pierced the barrier of manned commercial spaceflight thinks the problem with space travel today is not so much technology but drive and inspiration.
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Advocates of a propulsion idea for spacecraft claim that it would enable a 90-day round trip to Mars.
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The world&#39;s first passenger service to space will start carrying fee-paying astronauts from 2007, say two entrepreneurs, although some are not so convinced with their ambitious time-frame.
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NASA asked an astronaut aboard the international space station to exercise vigorously Friday, hoping the rapid movement would jostle a half-retracted solar wing that refuses to fold up properly.
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Like millions of people fascinated by space, Anousheh Ansari said Wednesday she remembers wondering as a child if somebody else like her could be out there among the stars. Next month the Iranian-born U.S. entrepreneur can get a closer look, as she rides a Russian capsule to the international space station and becomes the first female space tourist.
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Keeping an astronaut crew in tip-top shape during lengthy treks to and from distant Mars may demand portable gravity.
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By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  --  Last summer, astronaut Lisa Nowak was soaring 220 miles above Earth, floating in the rarefied air of the international space station.
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LONGUEUIL, Que. (CP) - Canadian astronaut Steve MacLean says work now being done on the International Space Station is setting the stage for future trips to the moon and Mars.  In a news conference from on board the space station, MacLean talked about his first-ever spacewalk.
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An astronautâs life can stretch family ties to the breaking point, and astronauts are not immune to emotional stress.
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The first female space tourist is  enjoying her stay on the International Space Station (ISS) and  is passing her time by taking photos of the view, a German  astronaut told a news conference in a live link-up on Friday.