At least that’s the view of Leroy Chiao, a former NASA astronaut and International Space Station (ISS) commander, who is now an advisor to the Colorado-based Space Foundation.

He would join NASA as an astronaut in 1992, where he'd provide mission support for the crew of STS-61, the 1993 mission to repair Hubble's faulty eyes with corrective optics.

A scene from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 has been deconstructed by a retired NASA astronaut. The moment in question sees Peter Quill/Star-Lord (played by Chris Pratt) stranded in space without ...

The crew, announced on Thursday (June 20), includes past Virgin Galactic American private astronaut Kellie Gerardi, who flew aboard Galactic 05 in November 2023, along with Canadian Shawna Pandya ...

Chris Hadfield had a career as a pilot and astronaut for 35 years, retiring from the Canadian Space Agency in 2013 after returning from his second mission to the International Space Station.