Astronaut Jonny Kim gets first space station mission

Jonny Kim, a former Navy SEAL, accomplished physician and the first Korean American NASA astronaut, is set to embark on his first space miss...

Kalpana Chawla turns 62: Remembering the 1st Indian woman to fly to space

Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to venture into space, would have celebrated her 62nd birthday on March 17 had her life not...

Japanese woman conned out of $30,000 by ‘astronaut’ who promised marriage but was ‘stuck’ in space

A 65-year-old woman in Japan’s Shiga prefecture was conned out of millions of yen by a fraudster who claimed to be a Russian astronaut work...

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa arrives at space station for $70 million, 12-day space vacation

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), where he will spend 12 days in orbit. Space touris...