Thirty years ago this week the first European-built Spacelab was launched on the Space Shuttle. ESA’s first astronaut, Ulf Merbold, flew on the mission, marking ESA’s entry into human spaceflight. On ...

I am writing in response to the Feb. 3 letter, “Natural forces, not man, are driving climate change.” After seeing our Earth from out in space, astronaut Dr. Ulf Merbold commented, “For the first time ...

”I have the feeling that people are sometimes a little bit too pushy and they shouldn`t forget that we are human beings. So far, we haven`t had any minute to see the world.” -German ...

A thunderous ride into space behind them, three of the seven astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery carried out an anticlimactic first task Wednesday: They went to sleep. It’s not that Bill Readdy, ...