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NASA astronaut and Expedition 49 crew member Kate Rubins, who became the first person to sequence DNA in space, returned to Earth Saturday after a successful mission aboard the International Space Station.

Three astronauts landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday following a 115-day mission aboard the the International Space Station, including US astronaut Kate Rubins, the first person to sequence DNA in space.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins, Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 49 Commander Anatoly Ivanishin, and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi returned safely landed back onto Earth late last night (Oct. 29) after a 115-day stay on t...

National Geographic created what could be man's first home on Mars as part of its research for a new miniseries on the red planet.The home is now set to be built in London using materials as close to possible as...

Our Sun and its retinue of planets --including the one we live on--is located in the disk of the Milky Way galaxy, a preposterously huge and sprawling conglomeration of stars, gas, dust, invisible dark matter... and us. ...

SpaceX said Oct. 28 that it is able to replicate the failure of a helium tank that is suspected, but yet to be confirmed, as the cause of a Falcon 9 pad explosion nearly two months ago.

A presidential transition process that will start in earnest at NASA after Election Day in November will not wrap up until long after Inauguration Day in January, an agency official said Oct. 25.

Commander Anatoly Ivanishin (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Kate Rubins (NASA) and Takuya Onishi (JAXA) landed on October 30, 2016 aboard a Soyuz MS-01 spacecraft.

For the first time, NASA researchers have tracked a particular kind of solar wave as it swept upward from the sun's surface through its atmosphere, adding to our understanding of how solar material travels throughout the...

A small plant growth chamber orbiting in space was remotely dedicated in Cleveland Saturday evening....