09
Apr
How astronauts brush their teeth in space
No running water, and no place to spit the toothpaste after use. What do astronauts do?
09
Apr
How astronauts brush their teeth in space
No running water, and no place to spit the toothpaste after use. What do astronauts do?
30
Mar
Returning astronauts report a huge shift in thinking
Someday soon, we may all be able to see what they have experienced. Will that change how we treat the Earth?
25
Feb
09
Jan
16
Nov
Astronauts could survive Mars radiation
Despite not being as thick as Earth’s, Mars’s atmosphere provide a significant amount of shielding from dangerous, fast-moving cosmic particles.
15
Oct
Astronauts hail Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall
Baumgartner spent 4 minutes and 20 seconds in freefall and hit a preliminary top speed of 833 miles per hour.
28
Sep
Astronauts allowed to keep or sell space artifacts
Space mementos from between the first manned U.S. spaceflight in 1961 and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975 are fair game for auction or sale.
06
Feb
Astronauts needed for mock Mars mission in Hawaii
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut and have four months to spare, you might have the “right stuff” to fly to Mars … well, sort of. The fake Mars mission will test how volunteers feel about the types of food on the menu for astronauts during long-duration space trips.
NASA rich in astronaut applications, lacking in spaceships
The new class of astronauts will be announced in 2013, and will most likely be among the first to fly to space on privately operated spaceships.
22
Nov
Photo of the day: Russian support personnel extract crew members from the Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed on Nov. 22 in a remote area outside the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan. Commander Mike Fossum of the United States, and Flight Engineers Sergei Volkov of Russia and Satoshi Furukawa of Japan returned to Earth after spending more than five months at the International Space Station. Another crew of three astronauts — two Russians and one American — were launched into space on Monday to take their places.
Check out more photos of the landing.
