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An American astronaut has shared a wonderfully unique image of Earth taken from the International Space Station (ISS). Three-time space visitor Don Pettit, who currently has his feet on terra firma, posted the remarkable photo on his Twitter account on Monday. It may not be obvious at first glance — or even second — but […]
Space travel exposes astronauts to forms of radiation that are uncommon on Earth, and that are linked to cancers and heart problems, but a U.S. study suggests this doesn’t significantly shorten their lives.
Nick Hague, the NASA astronaut onboard the Soyuz rocket that failed after takeoff last week, recounts his experience inside the capsule. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bc62c712ba3661093860d56/master/pass/nickhague_18284237640314.jpg
NASA is reporting that there has been an “issue with the booster” on the Soyuz craft that’s currently taking astronauts Nick Hague of NASA and cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to the International Space Station (ISS). Details are sparse at the moment, but it appears that the capsule is making a “ballistic descent,” descending at a high […]
NASA would really prefer that Mars astronauts produce their materials on Mars, but that’s not so easy when resources we take for granted on Earth are hard to get on the Red Planet. The administration has an idea as to how it might accomplish that feat, though — and it wants your help. It’s launching […]
SpaceX and Boeing are vying to take the first US crew members to the ISS. Now they know who’ll be on board. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b6498465bac5521a29ba6ce/master/pass/astronauts.jpg
We’ve assembled seven astronauts to prove just how smart and cool they are by answering the top 50 Googled questions about space. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ab56d13f156f371db609034/master/pass/WI_OneOffs_Season04_Ep000_NASA_MostGoogledQuestions_032418_VIDEO_STILL_06.jpg
NASA Seeing our planet from space is a rare treat: Fewer than 540 people have ever left the Earth. Seven astronauts who’ve blasted off from our planet with NASA came together this week for the premiere of the National Geographic series One Strange Rock. The show, produced by Darren Aronofsky, takes an up-close look at how life […]
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded during liftoff. Onboard were seven astronauts, one of which was teacher Christa McAuliffe. She was selected from over 11,000 applicants for the position of NASA’s Teacher in Space. McAuliffe had plans to conduct lessons from Challenger; now those lessons will finally take place from the International […]
NASA Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, according to a statement from NASA. Young was 87. The space agency said in a statement that Young died Friday night following complications from pneumonia. NASA said Young was the only agency astronaut to go […]
