Lots of things can go wrong during a commercial spaceflight -- especially once your capsule leaves space. An unplanned ocean landing is just one of those worst-case scenarios. From time to time, I get ...

Women and men from seven European countries who are part of the European Space Agency’s astronaut reserve pool practise a water rescue off Germany’s Baltic coast. — Photos: JENS BUTTNER/dpa “One, two, ...

ESA astronauts Matthias Maurer and Samantha Cristoforetti joined 16 Chinese astronauts in August 2017 for nine days of sea survival training off China’s coastal city of Yantai. The course was ...

As the team is lifted onto a ship during the Aug. 18, 2017 training, ESA's Matthias Maurer is in good spirits. During the sea survival training, the Shenzhou capsule mock-up is raised back onto the ...

Eleven Marine Rescue volunteers were put through the challenging Fire Fighting and Sea Survival training program at Newcastle on Sunday,2. The ...