Chiao was selected to be an astronaut by NASA in 1991, and in 1996 he did his first space walk while carrying out a mission on the space shuttle Endeavor. Chiao said the experience was very exciting.

Leroy Chiao is the first Chinese-American astronaut to walk in space. He's been paying a lot of attention to China's space program.

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao shared insights on the challenges. He said astronauts experience "baby feet" after long space missions. This happens because foot calluses disappear in ...

A robotic lunar lander built by Texas-based company Firefly has successfully landed on the moon making it only the second private-sector company ever to achieve a soft lunar landing. Former NASA ...

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao had a baffling — and seemingly terrifying — encounter when he was flying his private four-seat airplane in 2023. At an altitude of 9,000 feet over Houston, Texas, the ...

Astronaut Leroy Chiao was flying his private plane back from Colorado after refuelling in Texas when he was nearly taken out by two orb-shaped objects last August.

Former NASA astronaut Dr. Leroy Chiao has been to space three times and been flying planes for 40 years -- but never saw anything like this before.

Astronaut Leroy Chiao during his six-month stay as Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer. NASA “I firmly believe there is other intelligence in the universe.

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 ...

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao reported metallic orbs about three feet wide, passed within 20 feet of his plane without warning from air traffic control. Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao has ...