He works in mysterious ways.

Through the most recent mission, STS-130 in February 2010, the shuttle has taken 788 people to orbit (“people” includes repeat fliers—so Franklin Chang Diaz’s seven flights would count as seven people ...

Vladimir Komarov, a seasoned Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human to lose his life during a space mission on April 24, 1967. Tasked with testing the experimental Soyuz 1 spacecraft, he faced ...

Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...