Astronauts
Watch What Happens to Astronauts When the International Space Station Gets an Orbital Reboost
This is reminiscent of going down slide on the playground – and then immediately getting back in line to go…
Stunning Image of ISS Taken From the Ground Shows two Spacewalking Astronauts
In our age, we've grown accustomed to pictures of astronauts inside the International Space Station, as they float in zero-G…
NASA Astronaut and Cosmonauts Land Safely Together in Kazakhstan
After much speculation and concern the past month whether Russia would allow a US astronaut to ride back to Earth…
Chris Hadfield Drives in the Desert With a new Lunar Rover Prototype
As the Apollo astronauts found out, mobility is everything. Apollo’s Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) – sometimes called the Lunar Rover…
Space Flight Destroys Your Red Blood Cells
It’s really true: space wants to kill us. And this time, space is trying to kill us from the inside…
Astronauts Took A Fly-around of the International Space Station. Here are Their Stunning Pictures
When astronauts left the International Space Station in early November to return home on the Crew Dragon Endeavour, they took…
Report Suggests That Astronauts Shouldn’t get More Than 600 Millisieverts of Radiation Exposure During Their Career. We get 2-3 a Year Down Here on Earth
Space may be pretty, but it's dangerous. Astronauts face a much higher dose of ionizing radiation than us Earth-bound folks,…
“Put LUCKY on My Tombstone.” Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies at 90
We bid a reluctant but truly fond farewell today to Michael Collins. The NASA astronaut passed away at the age…
Since There’s no Up or Down in Space, How do our Brains Deal With This?
Astronauts and cosmonauts in space have reported spatial disorientation problems, where they find it hard to get a sense of…
A Canadian Astronaut Will be on Artemis 2, Making it the Second Nation to Send Humans Into Deep Space (but not Walk on the Moon)
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have announced that a Canadian astronaut will fly as part of the Artemis II…