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The International Space Station was designed to support a crew of six, according to NASA, but is now home to 11 astronauts.
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Retired NASA astronaut Jack Fischer is sharing some rather astonishing videos that show just how hectic space travel really is.
Astronauts from the International Space Station competed in their own version of the Olympics.
NASA executed yet another successful spacewalk on Sunday, and it came with some spectacular views of Earth.
When NASA needed a way to test astronauts’ hearing in space, they turned to a Johannesburg-based company to get the job done.
The astronauts chosen for the first mission to Mars will need more than just the technical know-how to complete the mission successfully.
Hollywood would have us believe that floating around in space is a glamourous business, but in reality, it can be a little gross.
For the first time in four years, NASA has opened up applications for new astronauts. The lucky few will get to go to the moon or possibly even Mars.
Space food is nothing to write home about, so an Italian astronaut begged his boss for a pizza night and got what he asked for. Zero-gravity pizza for the win!
Astronauts hit gold as they eat the first fresh batch of fresh produce ever grown in space – and it was awesome
Watch two astronauts going out for a stroll and performing some maintenance on the International Space Station. Cue flashbacks to wanting to be an astronaut.
Picture this: the next world cup venue reveal is about to happen, the envelope is opened and as the card is pulled out it is announced… “Space”! This is what it would look like…
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield paid tribute to Madiba on behalf of NASA, as he and many other astronauts took to twitter to share their condolences, and celebrate his life.
Do you want to lie in bed for 70 days and not have a worry in the world? NASA has the job for you. They are looking for candidates to help them further their research into space and all they need you to do is lie in bed. You can do anything you want, as long as you continue to lie down.
The photo above shows NASA Expedition 36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy being carried to a field medical tent shortly after he and Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) landed in their Soyuz capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, this morning.
Deep space travel is creeping ever closer to becoming a reality and one of the biggest challenges faced, apart from actually getting astronauts to their destination, is providing a constant supply of fresh food, water and air. An ambitious project by students at the University of Colorado and Colorado State University looks take of all of these with one foul swoop.
NASA will start training a team astronauts to land on an asteroid in the next month, in preparation for a mission that will take humans farther from Earth than ever before. They’ll be collecting mineral samples and determining how to destroy an asteroid in the event that it might collide with the Earth. Seriously.
Ever since NASA cancelled their Space Shuttle Program two years ago, the Americans have been searching for an alternative option for space travel to save them from teaming up with their cosmic nemesis Russia. On 16 March, the first viable option presented itself and blew the competition away.
Dave MacKay, 53-year-old British pilot, will be the first captain of Virgin Galactic‘s commercial space fleet, taking up the role first with the maiden voyage of SpaceShipTwo, scheduled for 2013. MacKay has over 30 years of regular flying experience, but like pretty much everybody, he’s wanted to fly spaceships since he was a kid.
SpaceX – the guys who last year became the first to launch a private spaceship into orbit and bring it home – are planning on sending humans to Mars within 10 to 20 years, according to a Wall Street Journal interview with CEO Elon Musk. These guys have an X in their name, so we should take them seriously.