NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara was prepared for her first spacewalk, but not for the view. O’Hara, along with SpaceX Crew-7 NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, performed the fourth all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on November 1, 2023. They spent 6 hours and 42 minutes performing maintenance on the station, such as replacing a … Read more
Andreas Mogensen was impressed with how smooth the landing was. The first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut (and the first non-American) to serve as a pilot on a US commercial spacecraft, Mogensen and his SpaceX Crew-7 crewmates returned to Earth after a 197-day stay on board from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 12. … Read more
NEW YORK — Do you dream of leaving the planet? NASA is looking for the next group of astronauts and you have until April 2 to make your own pitch. “Typically it’s a very popular application,” said April Jordan, NASA’s astronaut selection manager. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times The … Read more
Two days after A rare launch aborted at the last secondA Russian Soyuz spacecraft took off on a flight to the International Space Station on Saturday, carrying two short-term crew members and a NASA astronaut on a six-month mission. Soyuz MS-25/71S commander Oleg Novitskiy, Belarusian guest cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA veteran Tracy Dyson thundered … Read more
Snopes Compilation/NASA Claim: A NASA astronaut once surprised his crewmates by wearing a gorilla suit aboard the International Space Station. Judgement: Rating: true Context: Former astronaut twin brothers Mark and Scott Kelly arranged a gorilla suit stunt aboard the International Space Station that the crew members knew about in advance. But it was Scott, not … Read more
Scott Kelly recently returned to the International Space Station – during a trip to Berlin. The first American astronaut to spend more than 500 days off the planet, including nearly a year aboard the space station during his fourth and final spaceflight in 2016, Kelly was in Germany when he returned to his exotic home … Read more
NASA astronaut Jeanette Eps had an unusual path to space: She waited another six years to fly. Epps will ultimately fly to the International Space Station (ISS) no earlier than Saturday evening (March 2) on the SpaceX Crew-8 mission for NASA, flying the second long-duration mission by a Black woman in the orbiting complex. But … Read more
The current CHAPEA crew enters the habitat in Houston.NASA NASA is recruiting four people to live in a Mars habitat simulation in Houston for 378 days. NASA is looking for crew members who can best mimic sending real astronauts to Mars. See if you have the experience, character, and health foundation to pretend you’re on … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A SpaceX rocket took off for the International Space Station on another groundbreaking mission conducted entirely by the private sector. On board are a group of European astronauts, including the first person from Turkey to … Read more
NASA Claim: A female NASA astronaut sabotaged the International Space Station Judgement: Rating: unproven In 2018, the question of whether a hole had been deliberately drilled in the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-09 by a saboteur led to an investigation led by the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Iterations of the claim appeared on X and a … Read more