As I push down the red airlock lever and step into our space station, I half wonder: Will I eventually lose my mind and be dragged out? After all, in the current popular television drama For All Mankind, one of the first astronauts to live on the moon for a long period of time does … 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
The SpaceX “Starship” will launch on November 18 on its second test flight from Orbital Launch Pad 1 at the company’s Starbase Facility in Boca Chica, Texas. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI Dec. 29 (UPI) — The year 2023 proved to be a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample of … Read more
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander at the company’s factory in Houston on Feb. 1, 2023. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times) For generations, Western space missions have largely taken place in the open air. We knew where they were going, why they were going there and what they planned to do. But the world is on … Read more
For generations, Western space missions have largely taken place in the open air. We knew where they were going, why they were going there and what they planned to do. But the world is on the eve of a new era in which private interests transcend this openness, with potentially a lot of money at … Read more
The year 2023 proved to be a big year for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample of an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the moon’s south pole, and 2024 will be another exciting year for space exploration. Several new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative … Read more
Of all the freeze-dried, thermostable and ready-to-eat food products she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris’ personal favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. Kloeris was a food scientist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for 34 years and not only enjoyed the cobbler, but helped develop it. “During the shuttle program, we weren’t really doing … Read more
Axiom Space and its partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), have unveiled some of the groundbreaking scientific research that will be conducted during its Axiom-3 mission. The launch will take place in January 2024 on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will take the Axiom-3 crew – including Commander Michael López-Alegría, pilot Walter … Read more