TEHRAN, Jul 8 - A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike crash before turning his dream into reality, his family announced Sunday.
TEHRAN, Apr 13 -NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station. His twin brother, fellow astronaut Mark Kelly, stayed on the ground.
TEHRAN, June 24 - After nearly four decades with NASA, including 22 years as an astronaut , Peggy Whitson is leaving the space agency. Her retirement is effective Friday, NASA announced.
TEHRAN, May 27 -American astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 12 mission and commanded a crew on the Skylab space station in 1973 before giving up his career to become a full-time painter, died in Houston on Saturday, officials said.
TEHRAN, January 9 -Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai says he has grown by 9cm in height during the past three weeks aboard the International Space Station. He expressed concern as to whether he would fit into the spacecraft to return to Earth.