astronauts
Get Ready for the Next Shuttle Mission, STS-131
[/caption] The astronauts are getting ready; space shuttle Discovery is getting ready. Are you ready for this fourth-to-the-last flight? Preparations…
What’s the Internet Really Like in Space?
[/caption] With the internet now part of daily life on the International Space Station, inquiring minds want to know! Can…
Help Wish Buzz Aldrin a Happy 80th Birthday
On January 20th, former astronaut Buzz Aldrin - who was the second man to walk on the Moon and has…
Hubble Repairman to Lead Space Telescope Science Institute
Self proclaimed "Hubble Hugger" and telescope repairman Dr. John Grunsfeld has been appointed Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science…
Astronauts
Astronauts, which are also known as cosmonauts, are trained to serve in space on spacecraft. The term is also often…
Artificial Gravity
[/caption] Have you ever noticed that astronauts float around in the space shuttle and in the International Space Station, while…
Have Humans Visited Mercury?
[/caption] Have astronauts from Earth ever stepped foot on Mercury? No, Mercury has been visited by spacecraft from Earth, but…
NASA Astronaut Survey: No Launch Day Drinking
A NASA survey of astronauts and flight surgeons released on January 23, 2008 turned up no evidence of launch day…