Astronauts
UPDATE: Spacewalkers Zip Through Tasks To Fix Broken Computer
UPDATE, 11:42 a.m. EDT: Rick Mastracchio and Steve Swanson finished their spacewalk in just 1 hour and 36 minutes, nearly…
Urgent Spacewalk Must Dance Between Dragon and Progress Spacecraft
It's a good thing that next week's urgent spacewalk is pegged as a short one, because the coming days will be hectic…
Backup Computer Glitches On Space Station But Crew Safe, NASA Says
A backup computer that controls "some systems associated with robotics" on the International Space Station is not "responding to commands",…
Twin Peeks: Astronaut Brothers To Go Under Microscope During One-Year Mission
Identical twin astronauts, one headed to space for a year and the other happily at home. Imagine just how excited…
Astronaut’s Mission Is To Snatch A Dragon Without Crashing The Canadarm
When there's a Dragon spacecraft coming your way at the International Space Station, you'd better be ready to grapple it…
You’re In A Spacesuit, Blind. This Astronaut Survived It And Explains What He Did Next
"There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse." So with that old astronaut principle in mind,…
Dale Gardner, Astronaut Who Rescued A Satellite With A Jetpack, Dead At 65
When Dale Gardner smiled for this preflight picture somewhere around 1983, there was another mission on his horizon: picking up…
Volunteer Firefighter Readies To Face Space Station’s Biggest Nemesis
Facing a fire in space? It's among the most catastrophic situations possible, according to NASA, so the agency spends a…
‘Stupid Astronaut Tricks’ Spread The Joy of Space To New Astronaut Class
You sure couldn't hide those grins on television from the Astronaut Candidate Class of 2013 when the call came from…
Remembering Apollo 1’s Tragic Anniversary: ‘It Was Too Late From The Beginning’
On this day (Jan. 27) in 1967, NASA astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee died in a…