Now home, and with a new memoir, Barry “Butch” Wilmore recalls his routine at the International Space Station as well as the family moments he missed the most

The Van Allen probe's mission was meant to last two years, but ended up going for nearly seven.

"It turns out that they're really cracked too, and that was the missing piece of the puzzle."

On March 21, 1965, NASA launched the Ranger 9 spacecraft on a mission to crash into a lunar crater. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] Ranger 9 was the last flight of NASA's Ranger Program.

Congress approved some funding to relocate the Space Shuttle Discovery to Space Center Houston, which prompted some pushback from historians and government officials. NASA says it reserves the right to ask contractors not to damage the spacecraft.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off for the third shuttle test flight on March 22 in 1982 for STS-3 from Kennedy Space Center. Eight days later, it became the only shuttle to land at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

Congress wants NASA to pick at least two space companies to build a new International Space Station.

NASA's Hubble Telescope captured the rare phenomenon of a comet breaking apart, catching scientists off guard until they saw the jaw-dropping proof for themselves.