This was the 25th spacewalk carried out by Chinese astronauts. Wu, 32, became the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out extravehicular activities to date. The record was earlier held by Lieutenant ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Spacewalking astronauts ventured out for the third time in just over a week Sunday to complete an extensive, tricky cable job at the International Space Station. The advance ...

A view from the forearm of the Tiangong robotic arm, showing Zhang Lu at work during the first Shenzhou-21 EVA. Credit: CMSEO HELSINKI — Two Shenzhou-21 astronauts embarked on the mission’s first ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain, seeking a western route to India, with a convoy of three small ships -- the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BEIJING (AP) — Two Chinese astronauts went ...

Astronauts on the space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station (ISS) won’t have to do a focused inspection of the orbiter’s heat shield, but engineers at Johnson Space Center in Houston ...

A recent spacewalk conducted byChinese astronauts on the Shenzhou 21 mission sheds new light on the growing issue of space debris and its impact on spacecraft. The crew, led by Zhang Lu, ventured ...

The first all-female spacewalk will not take place in March as previously planned, according to NASA. NC State graduate Christina Koch and fellow astronaut Anne McClain were supposed to do a spacewalk ...

Tim Peake is the first Briton to do a space walk. Astronauts Timothy Kopra and Timothy Peake at the International Space Station were scheduled to begin their spacewalk at 7:48am on Jan. 15, 2016.

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra delighted mission control with their rendition of the Christmas classic ...

Two Chinese astronauts installed more debris shielding on the Tiangong space station and assessed the damage to the attached Shenzhou 20 spacecraft during a spacewalk on Tuesday (Dec. 9).