Dr. Leroy Chiao gives a thumb up shortly after landing aboard the Soyuz-TMA-5 spacecraft in Kazakhstan in April 2005. AFP via Getty Images. The two objects were “10 feet to the left and 10 feet ...

Today marks the beginning of the journey home for two astronauts who have unexpectedly been on the International Space Station for nine months. Former astronaut and ISS commander Leroy Chiao joins ...

A former NASA commander has revealed that while piloting his private plane in Texas last summer he nearly had a collision with two mysterious “metallic, spherical orbs.” Astronaut Leroy Chiao ...

Dr. Leroy Chiao in his Grumman AA5BTiger taking off from the runway of his flying community near NASA headquarters in Houston. Leroy has been flying small planes since 1984 and bought the plane he ...

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao may have commanded a real-life space station, but "Star Trek" gave him an early push.

Editor’s Note: Leroy Chiao is a former NASA astronaut and commander aboard the International Space Station. During his 15-year career, he flew four missions into space – three on space ...

NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander Leroy Chiao discusses the latest track of the ... Prosecution prepares to rest its case in Karen Read's retrial for murder. Live Stream.

Leroy Chiao: Data found on moons of Saturn and Jupiter affirm my belief that humans are not alone in the universe. But we likely will never encounter other intelligent life.

Searching for home from space: Chiao's story By Raymond Zhou (China Daily) Updated: 2005-04-19 07:25. Some 350 kilometres from earth and orbiting it once every 90 minutes, a mesmerized Leroy Chiao ...

Leroy Chiao, AstroCritic, is a former NASA astronaut and commander of the International Space Station. During his 15-year flying career, he performed six spacewalks and spent nearly 230 days in space.

In the wake of two recent commercial space mishaps, it’s fair to ask: Does space tourism help or hinder space exploration? “To me,” says former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao, “the answer is clear — ...

Astronaut Leroy Chiao, who just finished his last mission for NASA, a six-month stint commanding the International Space Station, has a new mission. He wants to get people of all ages jazzed about ...