[ad_1] AT–AT+ Neil Armstrong may have taken this first step towards the moon, but it was John Glenn who took the first slurp of applesauce for humankind. Until he ate while orbiting …
Read More »Astronauts capture great photos of the International Space Station on their way back to Earth
[ad_1] The last time that a photographic survey on the ISS took place, it was in 2011. For the first time in seven years, the International Space Station (ISS) was presented in …
Read More »Confident astronauts in the next Soyuz crewed mission to the Space Station
[ad_1] Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he is more confident than ever in the Russian rocket launcher Soyuz, which sends astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), despite the spectacular failure of …
Read More »Russia launches the first Soyuz rocket since the failure of the launch of the astronauts
[ad_1] A Russian Soyuz rocket put into orbit a military satellite on Thursday, its first successful launch since a similar rocket failed earlier this month to send a crew to the International …
Read More »NASA chooses 3D printed houses that astronauts could use to survive on Mars
[ad_1] NASA has selected several models of 3D printed houses that could someday support astronauts living on Mars. The space agency distributed awards to five different design teams as part of a …
Read More »Boeing faces a major setback with the spacecraft he designs to fly NASA astronauts
[ad_1] The spacecraft that Boeing plans to use to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station suffered a major setback when, during a test of its abortion system in June authorities …
Read More »Panic in space can be deadly. Here's how to train astronauts to stay alive in emergencies
[ad_1] Get the Mach newsletter SUBSCRIBE It was May 17, 2009, and Astronaut Michael Mbadimino was lapping Earth at 18,000 miles an hour, sweating up his spacesuit as he struggled to fix …
Read More »NASA plans a return to the moon in a decade – but this time the astronauts will stay there
[ad_1] On July 20, 1969, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the lunar module of the first lunar landing mission , posed for a photo next to the deployed United States Flag during …
Read More »SpaceX and Boeing lack time to transport NASA astronauts aboard the ISS, warns the Government Accountability Office – Quartz
[ad_1] Pressure is mounting on Boeing and SpaceX, both companies trying to prove that the United States can still fly humans to space. Both should miss a November 2019 deadline for the …
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