Tag results for: Astronauts
NASA is ending Crew-11 astronauts’ mission a month early
NASA has decided to bring the Crew-11 astronauts home a month earlier than originally planned due to a “medical concern” with one of them. This is the first...
These clips of astronauts unwinding on the ISS will raise a smile
Astronauts visiting the International Space Station (ISS) typically spend about six months there before returning to Earth, though it’s true that a number of them have ended up...
NASA releases first pictures of Starliner astronauts after epic mission
NASA has shared the first images of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams following their return from an epic nine-month space mission that was only supposed to have...
Watch how astronauts train for the space station’s microgravity
The main difference between life on the International Space Station (ISS) and life here on terra firma is microgravity, which forces you to float around rather than walk.
To...
This is what happens ‘when you get two uber-geeks in space at the same time’
During NASA’s first-ever Twitch livestream from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, current station inhabitant Don Pettit and recent returnee Matthew Dominick talked about what it’s like...
Next-gen spacesuit can turn urine into drinking water | Tech Reader
Researchers have created a prototype spacesuit capable of recycling urine into drinking water.
Inspired by the “stillsuits” in the sci-fi classic Dune, the unique design could enable astronauts to...
