HOUSTON – Everyone thought Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft would have flown astronauts before now. Starliner is ready to take two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Monday (May 6), but it’s been a long road to get here. Instead of one unmanned test mission to the ISS, Boeing needed two … Read more
A nervous one Jack Hathaway had to overcome one final obstacle before becoming a NASA astronaut candidate: finding the time to hear the news. Hathaway waited in 2021 for a call from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, then head of the astronaut agency, to find out if he could join the agency. But Hathaway was on … Read more
Emily Swaim Astronauts require more calories and nutrients than anyone on Earth. But packaged food loses nutritional value in space, so what will people eat during long space missions? Scientists have discovered the best meal for astronauts and it’s worth trying for yourself. In the not-so-distant future, humans may travel to Mars or beyond. These … Read more
NASA wants to fly more year-long astronaut missions, but it’s unclear when the agency will be able to do so next. NASA’s Frank Rubio recently became the first American to spend more than 365 consecutive days in space, after his Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a leak, forcing him (and his two Russian crewmates) to end … Read more
Astronauts have described some unusual smells in space, which isn’t surprising considering that the chemistry there is very different from that on Earth. What does space smell like, and what are the cosmic sources of these smells? Space is an airless vacuum, so technically you can’t smell anything in space. If you tried, you’d be … Read more
Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen (LR) will venture around the moon on Artemis II – RSSIL/MEGA Flying to the moon is a dream of most astronauts, but for the crew of the upcoming Artemis II mission, returning safely to Earth is their ultimate goal. In an exclusive interview for Telegraph … Read more