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Space station astronaut Don Pettit has shared a clip showing streaks of light created by SpaceX's Starlink satellites.
Space travel has always carried a certain mystique—a mix of wonder, danger, and unimaginable loneliness. We hear stories of ...
The craft carrying astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the space station. They're scheduled for an ...
O n Monday, SpaceX made space history, as four astronauts were launched into a pole-to-pole orbit not traveled by any human ...
The near-catastrophic crisis caused Wilmore to lose full control of the plagued capsule, leaving the seasoned astronauts floating in the vast void of space until NASA’s mission control came to ...
Water floats in space, which can be problematic, so astronauts avoid using too much liquid. This floating water can interfere with equipment and cause damage if not handled properly.
In rare and historic occasions, though, these dangers lead to astronauts becoming stranded. The news of the week in space exploration must be the return home of Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ...
“Without this exercise, they would be unable to walk or stand up when they return to Earth after months of floating in space,” they wrote. Many astronauts return to Earth with vision problems ...
On the International Space Station, which orbits Earth around 16 times a day, Irish American astronaut and Expedition 27 Flight Engineer Catherine Coleman played a pair of Irish melodies on a 100-year ...
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has just introduced herself to three robots stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS). “We hit the ground running (or floating??) here on the space ...