The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended. The toy company is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first spacesuit ...

A Crew Dragon called Freedom brought back to Earth the stranded astronauts of the Boing Starliner and the crew of the ninth SpaceX mission to the ISS ...

Since then, many of Gagarin's fellow cosmonauts have flown toys ... the Artemis 2 astronauts will wear on Orion. The Peanuts comic strip beagle spent most of the 25.5-day flight floating at ...

Cleared of seats, the large open space gives astronauts and trainers plenty of room to move around, although free floating is confined to a relatively small area surrounded by safety netting.