Three Chinese astronauts are back on earth after they had to prolong their stay in outer space due to space debris hitting their spacecraft.

A number of astronauts have been stuck in space due to unfavorable weather at the landing site. Returning to Earth is a ...

The recent mishap marks the second time in the last two years that astronauts have been stranded in orbit. In March, NASA ...

Shenzhou 21 successfully landed with its three occupants on November 14, but that still left three astronauts on the Tiangong ...

China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk. The leftover rocket will slam into the far side of the moon Friday. Experts think it is from a China launch ...

Dougal’s research focuses on laser ablation – using lasers to nudge space debris out of orbit and then burn up reentering earth’s atmosphere or moving into a higher orbit and out of the way. Her work ...

The astronauts of China's Shenzhou 20 crewed spacecraft, whose return to Earth was delayed due to a collision with space debris, are returning to ...

While actual satellite collisions are still rare, near misses are becoming more frequent due to the rapid increase in ...

The system may one day be used to push debris off a collision course with satellites. At a double observatory atop Mount Teide on the Spanish island of Tenerife, a powerful laser is being deployed to ...

United Airlines flight 1093 from Denver to Los Angeles was forced to divert to Salt Lake City last week after a mid-air collision that cracked the windshield and injured the pilot. Initial speculation ...