CNN’s Jessica Dean talks to former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino about space debris and astronauts getting stranded in space.

China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to ...

In the future, Zboray and his team believe scientists should X-ray satellites before and after they are sent to space. This ...

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft was launched on Tuesday after three Chinese astronauts were left stranded at the Tiangong space ...

China's Shenzhou-21 crew of astronauts is technically currently stranded on board the Tiangong without a usable spacecraft at ...

China has successfully launched an ersatz Shenzhou-22 vehicle to bring the next batch of astronauts, who arrived at the station on October 31 ...

The return of the three Shenzhou-20 astronauts was delayed for more than a week after their spacecraft was apparently hit by space debris.

The risk of flights being hit by space junk is still small, but it’s growing. About three pieces of old space equipment —used rockets and defunct satellites—fall into Earth’s atmosphere every day, ...

The vastness of space and the lack of knowledge about much of it means that each expedition by astronauts is a challenge for ...

Three Chinese astronauts are back on earth after they had to prolong their stay in outer space due to space debris hitting their spacecraft.

Wrapping up 204 days in orbit, three Chinese astronauts flew back to Earth aboard a Shenzhou spacecraft Friday, leaving three ...